Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan

Today we're talking about Ireland's raw deal. It's on the far northwestern extreme of Europe, has a crummy climate and limited cultural development - hence the need for Guinness and Jameson.
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[@seanoc90]

Fact check: - Ireland ranks 2nd in the world in terms of food security - Ireland agriculture sector is capable of feeding +35 million (6 times its population) - Ireland is the European headquarters to the vast majority of global tech, gaming, pharmaceutical, medical device, and financial services companies - Ireland population is predicted to continue to grow to 6 million by 2050 and has the 6th best fertility rate in the EU. - Ireland is the bridge from the US to the EU ( not the UK) - Irelands culture is know worldwide (i.e, St Patricks day) I’m a major fan, but this video is just embarrassing for Peter

[@patrickjoseph1247]

Being Irish...I was like what the fuk is he talking about.

[@patrickjoseph1247]

Completly wrong...I'm disappointed by him now,he just uses sweeping statements with very little knowledge about Ireland at all.

[@ThisisFred-dt4mq]

Sometimes I think he just looks at a map and a demographic chart, reads a bit of Wikipedia then makes a video

[@owenosuilleabhain3426]

Yeah it’s interesting to hear about something g that I know more about than he does and how he pretends to know stuff about Ireland that is simply wrong. Make me now question his other sweeping statements.

[@thrlfwbbl8038]

Zeihan's strength is his boisterous, entertaining rhetoric not actual data analysis (or at least he doesn't publish that part). But to be fair, if he would really present detailed data to allow you to follow his reasoning from a skeptics PoV, almost nobody would know who he is :)

[@Shreddercon]

If Peter isn’t predicting death and destruction for your country it’s kind of like winning the lottery lol.

[@Myanmartiger921]

do you think he will be right.

[@Shreddercon]

I watch Peter for the entertainment more than the informative side, his predictions are more suited to that.

[@masterbasher9542]

Nah. The lottery is when he has heaps of good news for a country, or town's potential in trade and economy.

[@asdasdasddgdgdfgdg]

​@@ShredderconYeah his track record is pretty mediocre in hindsight.

[@wodensreign9839]

The only country he's bullish on is America... Which seems laughable to me. Also he referred to himself as a "neocon hippie"... Which is extraordinarily cringe and seems like an admission of utterly changeable principles.

[@keenae]

As an Irish man who's benefited from working in London and now for many years in U.S, tech companies in Ireland, it's an interesting and slightly scary take. The only small thing I think you got wrong is the food. I'm 60 and yes the food was pretty awful and bland when I was kid. However, the standard has improved dramatically since then. So, that is a bit of a stereotyped out-of-date bit :-)

[@jgg59]

This guy misspeaks with so much confidence if you want to reach in the screen

[@paulodriscoll5419]

He also misunderstands the bridge that Ireland is. It’s a bridge to the EU and is strengthened by Brexit as it leaves Ireland as the only English speaking (notwithstanding Malta who has a lot English speakers) country that in in the EU meaning we now get more FDI than before

[@pkelly6817]

We also feed ten times our population

[@caseycahill637]

Very true! Food in Ireland now is outstanding. 😋Yesteryear, not so much! 🤢

[@MonaLisa-lu8zi]

What! 😂 The food was awful. Our family had the best cooks that could be had. Put that with our own produce. We ran for our dinners. 😋

[@davidcrowe1987]

Irish man here We have probably one of the greatest climates and agricultural growing conditions in the world Peter is very off here

[@JohnAnglin-lh7bs]

Count yourself blessed by God

[@markosilhard2326]

Peter I lived in Dublin Ireland as an expat and now in Denver Co….the quality of local beef lamb and produce is 3 levels above anything I can get here plus they are importing produce from all over Europe so the best stuff…Dublin restaurants serve food made to a very high level…the bad food ended in early 2000’s…I take their food over the average usa city offering’s any day.

[@stephengriffith7066]

This .. Makes you question many of Peter's other assertions :)

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

​@@stephengriffith7066You shouldn't, not from that alone. He's a geopolitics analyst, not a food critic.

[@Teddyk5555]

@@zibbitybibbitybop Hence best to stick to geopolitical issues then

[@markocarroll9424]

I think your right the food has improved What is the cost of living in Denver compared to Dublin like ? What do you think you would need to make a month to live in each city ? Thanks

[@richardwallace2458]

A-boy Mark! Hup o that!

[@Titanboru]

Irishman here. Love your channel. I agree with most of your video. But our food is top notch and I would say our beef is the finest in the world. Yeah, umbrellas are necessary for part of the year but we have a moderate climate, no serious heatwaves or heavy snowfall and even mild winters with no snow at all. No tornedeos or earthquakes either ha. I think our birthrate is one of the highest in Europe. As for the future, absolutely we need to create a tighter alliance with UK as we are 2 islands seperated from Europe and the world is heading down a crazy path. As an Irishman, we will never forget our history with Britian but we must move forward. Please visit Ireland sometime. I would love to hear you speak live.

[@Purplegreen45]

have you actually tried beef from around the world or is the ego speaking?

[@Titanboru]

I've tried Jersey steak. Was in Channel Islands. On par with us. Maybe just an assumption. But I think US and South American cattle are vaccinated against foot and mouth while over here we cull any cases. Food chain and all. Venison is my favourite BTW.@@Purplegreen45

[@sailirish7]

I spent 10 days in your country and didn't have a bad meal once. (some folk are just too picky)

[@Titanboru]

Bet the staff were nice too. Where you from?@@sailirish7

[@sailirish7]

@@Titanboru Texas. Started in Dublin, ended in Dublin. Did the Ring of Kerry etc. Can't wait to return! Guinness tastes like shite over here...

[@TheFulp]

I think Ireland’s biggest problem at the moment is by far its housing crisis. This is causing so many people aged 18-25 to leave, as the chances of having your own home at this age are so slim. I’m definitely considering leaving. For the same price I pay for a room in Ireland, I can rent a full apartment in other European countries. This housing crisis will definitely affect Ireland’s demographics in the next 30 years. As well as that, it’s important to note the stark differences between Dublin and the rest of the country.

[@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm]

Try assimilating foreign emigrants as the biggest problem as it is in the UK and EU.

[@patrickjoseph1247]

Well at least 90% of people that I know that left for Austrailia 10 to 15 years ago are back in Ireland or are coming back...most have come with kids are have settled back in.I would recommend anyone 18- 25 to emigrate ,travel etc for whatever period as it has been a quite normal thing to do throughout every generation.....

[@Realtalkunion]

All western countries have an insane housing crisis. It’s neoliberal policy

[@gerfgerable]

If you really believe that you should go and enjoy your cheap penthouse apartment in Paris, Berlin, London, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid - over there they have a surplus of cheap housing … really some people

[@infosuge]

Most western countries have an identical housing crisis. This is no coincidence but neoliberal policy. The ruling class in Ireland are libs, the same out of touch liberals you have in ur country

[@user-ei4uj4eh7v]

Peter's view on the relationship with Britain probably needs a refresh as Ireland has diversified a lot more from Britain due to Brexit than many may have realised. There is still a strong influence but the Britain of old is gone as it continues its decline as an Empire - membership of Europe put this decline on pause. Britain's relationship with Europe will change over the next few years to something more workable as the Conservative party moves out of power. They won't rejoin but a better trading environment might return because Britain needs it and Ireland will probably help with building this bridge. Ireland has a strategy to be energy independent through renewables (mostly wind - that outer edge of Europe position with bad weather will count for something) and is building an energy exchange pipe to France. History shows that Ireland's demographics supported a much larger population pre-Irish famine and pre-Normans shows a very influential European influence through education/culture. Ability to adopt should not be underestimated.

[@cameronblack7984]

Peter is an ideologue he just doesn't realise it

[@cigh7445]

Ireland 'supported' a much larger demographic, but four million of them were very poor Irish speaking cotters and spalpeens who lived in mud huts in Connacht and along the western edges of the country. It's really a bad comparison. I guess mudhuts would solve the housing crisis and be environmentally friendly... Every empty stonewalled field in Connacht that used to have crowds of people living on it is testament to that...

[@iLovettGolf]

Not sure he’s missed that diversification, he is looking beyond today… once the U.K. gets its trade relations with India and the US adjusted then Ireland won’t be anywhere near as attractive, especially if he is correct on demographics, of which I know little about re: Ireland. Ireland won’t be able to adjust its monetary or fiscal levers before long as the EU consolidates centralised powers. The U.K. could unilaterally change its tax and monetary policy at will going forwards to improve its situation, and not being liable for € debt will help. Ireland will likely have to pay for EU defence, as well as debt and development projects in poorer ares… upto now they have been the beneficiary of being tied to the U.K. - but this could change. It’s entirely feasible for Ireland to join with the U.K. economically and socially but historical xenophobia of the London-centric English will persist for a generation or more preventing hastier and more sound economic strategic decisions to be made

[@cros13]

The UK is roughly 8% of Irish exports. In monetary value, pre-brexit we imported twice as much from the UK as we exported to them. Brexit rebalanced that overnight to 1:1 making us far less reliant on the UK. He's also incorrect on demographics, Ireland has one of the best fertility rates in the EU, similar to France (in fact just behind France and Sweden), which he lauds. And due to immigration Ireland's working age population looks to be growing or stable for the next 20-30 years at least. @@iLovettGolf

[@franko2886]

It seems to have been awhile since Peter was in Ireland or did he even visit the place. If this is his insight into Ireland today one must take his other opinions of other nations with a pinch of salt.

[@gardenjoy5223]

More than a pinch.

[@sidp5381]

@@gardenjoy5223 you’re looking at an oil and gas consultant who is entire job is to lobby to his audience, which are American and western entities. He’s an in favor of America biased fellow.

[@rashidkhwaja959]

He’s a good storyteller though

[@seadkolasinac7220]

The people who think he's right about everything are also people who don't know any real detail about the subjects he's talking about. When you watch one of his videos about something you know well about, you soon realise how inaccurate he is... Maybe the big picture stuff about Chinese decline and US power is on the money. But when he goes into specific areas, it's actually pretty uninformed and highly speculative

[@nosequiters]

how is he wrong exactly

[@MichaelCooney-zh8je]

As an Irish person it's true regarding demographics although this has been offset a lot by large migration, many would argue too much migration in fact. However, I disagree with Peter about Ireland no longer being a bridge. Actually, many companies moved to Ireland after Brexit because they needed a EU base. The fact that Ireland is the only native-speaking English country left in the EU also really helps. I think our biggest economic issue going forward is relying too much on US multinationals. We don't do a good enough job of developing our own industry and businesses. With a few exceptions such as Ryanair, Ireland isn't really a world leader in any major industries despite us having a highly educated and skilled population.

[@TheSwayzeTrain]

I found it incredibly odd that he completely overlooked that fact. And that Northern Ireland wasn't mentioned in regards to the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom. Those are two absolutely collosal pieces of the puzzle.

[@justinpaul3110]

Yeah I wasn't in complete agreement on this one. I know Ireland has enticed enormous amounts of business there with relaxed regulations and taxes to the point where its per capital GDP is distorted. Not sure that's going away because London can't get their shit together.

[@MichaelCooney-zh8je]

@@justinpaul3110 Yep I can't really see where Ireland is losing its advantage in that regard. You're right about distortions in GDP. I laugh when I hear people say Ireland is the richest country in the world or things like that. It's so misleading, We are developed for sure but Norway or Switzerland we ain't.

[@MichaelCooney-zh8je]

Well if every EU county is at the same rate then I'm less worried. Also it's not like these companies actually pay the 12.5 rate anyway so I can't see them paying 15 either. Also it costs a fortune to move some of these industries. My dad works for a medical device company with hundreds of people. They've actually just announced a 200 million dollar expansion, they aren't planning on leaving soon.

[@justinpaul3110]

@MichaelCooney-zh8je I think that places like Israel and Japan prove that you can offset material disadvantages of a country's land by having the right ideas and principles. Zeihan's thinking is so relevant because, frankly, most countries don't have the latter. So, their survival will fall back to material advantages of the land they'll control. Ireland may well beat the odds if they're a friendly place to incorporate and deposit money.

[@colmt7685]

As an Irish man I can safely say the altitude has got to him on this one, you would not get out of bed if you believe this guy's stories

[@brendanh8193]

Don't just say an opinion - that will be ignored. Give some evidence. The key point he made is that capital flows will disappear with both local and European wide gentrification. What is your evidence against this key point? Do you have any? Is it strong enough to counter this narrative?

[@paulmcloughlin8463]

Yeah he isn't making much sense, Irelands economic model is not dependent on the UK at all. 6 percent of our trade is with the UK, the UK are outside the EU and isolated. Ireland will keep importing talent from outside as long as the FDI stays as is. Our ability to attract FDI has nothing to do with the UK.

[@nosequiters]

I dont understand how hes wrong though Ireland is a small country on the edge of europe with a shrinking native population and (as demonstarted recently) a mixed attitude to immigrants, whilst it has an educated population some big companies (ryanair) and its hardly got an economic USP as most of its global brands partly based there are forigen, it also has few natural resources. Im not a doomer about it but i cant see how peters wrong

[@gamerguy7853]

He’s just making a video reacting to something he’s seen recently in the news. Things are far greater here than. 99% of the world tbh.

[@colmt7685]

@@nosequiters It is 2023 native population is a thing of the past, we are free everything else is a bonus

[@genghisthegreat2034]

I wish I knew as little about my country as this man does.

[@mikedon5205]

I'm not sure what the hell he's waffling about British aircraft carriers and the navy 😂 wtf was that about .. Sounds like he was talking about some British invasion of ireland jeeez that fresh mountain air is messing his head up

[@iLovettGolf]

@@mikedon5205he’s talking about big boys stuff that is fundamental to global trade and security, rather than just how little tax you can charge in certain circumstances to attract multinationals

[@deankinsella8190]

Mental how inaccurate his opinion of Ireland is.

[@debbiesroommate]

Zeihan has TDS

[@sandyb1464]

Lol 😆..💯

[@user-cn8vb9hh5z]

"Cultural development has been stunted" sending this to all my Irish friends right now 😂

[@MyYouTubeisDrDavinsky-dr9iw]

Irish food is great and so is Irish culture. Beautiful harp, myths etc

[@user-cn8vb9hh5z]

@@MyKZbinisDrDavinsky-dr9iw poetry and literature!

[@GD1082]

No truer words have been spoken.

[@craigcj5953]

They need more Buddhists!

[@rhobot75]

My Irish boyfriend is a dharma-transmitted Zen Monk based in County Clare, Tuamgraney. He's leading an all day sit tomorrow/ Saturday. He lived for many years in San Francisco and went home a few years ago to start a sangha. He's a Dubliner, sold his parents council house after passing and bought a place in the country. And I know a few Buddhists in Dublin and a few in Belfast. And YES, Ireland could use more Buddhists!!! Cheers@@craigcj5953

[@Rosie-or3cw]

Peter I am from the West of Ireland and I must correct your statement regarding the quality of our food… it is excellent. Wonderful locally grown vegetables, amazing local reared meat and the best world renowned dairy which we export to countries across the globe. I moved to the UK in 1990 and wow was I shocked at the horrendous lack of good quality food, thankfully the United Kingdom has caught up with us in Ireland but it took 30 years!! Love your videos ❤

[@Redarmy1917]

He meant cuisine, like, Ireland isn't known really for any dishes worldwide.

[@liamK1916]

@@Redarmy1917so what? The food here is absolutely amazing.

[@AfroGaz71]

​@@Redarmy1917That has also changed dramatically. He mentioned the climate was so bad you can't grow to many things. Ireland has a temperate climate and is one of the most fertile lands in Europe. He couldn't have been so far off the mark if he tried. It's agriculture, cattle and fisheries are highly renowned. He clearly knows very little about Ireland, but he is generally speaking to others that know very little about the country either. It seems that he's used a typical American stereotype of Ireland to describe it.

[@RazorMouth]

Not to mention him saying that Ireland becomes a bridge to nowhere because of UK Brexit ....... unbelievably ignorant. Ireland per capita is the largest exporter in Europe and third in the world, 45% of which goes to the EU, 30% to the US, 8% to the UK (excluding NI) and the rest to numerous other countries. Britain is just not as important to us anymore, he must be looking at figures from the 1960s or something so say something so ignorant@@AfroGaz71

[@Redarmy1917]

@@AfroGaz71 What new stuff have the Irish been putting out that's made that change dramatically? Cause I certainly haven't heard of Ireland innovating on the food front at all. Mind you, a vast majority of countries aren't doing so. Hell, I don't even know of a single original Irish dish outside of boxty I guess, but that's not really any different from latke.

[@chrisgibson5267]

You could always research the number of Irish citizens who are actually living and working in the UK. You might also want to look at the number of people in Great Britain who have Irish ancestry. And then, for the sheer joy of it, look up famous English people of Irish descent. My part of England had the most Recusant Catholics, and many Irish immigrants arrived here in the 19th and 20th centuries and settled. I've family and friends across Ireland and from both traditions, and grew up with the children of Irish parents who'd moved here looking for work. I can remember my Irish grandfather, and my mother remembers her Irish grandparents. The world has moved on Peter.

[@freneticness6927]

Or look up famous irish people who were actually english. Which is all of them.

[@Garudaa2]

Most of the Anti-British from people claiming to be Irish comes from Americans who have some Irish ancestry yet they forget they also have British ancestry as well. Don't see much Anti British from actual people from Ireland in the modern times.

[@HatchedCrown92]

@@Garudaa2 My British mates and I slag each other off by me calling them colonisers and them calling me a rebel along with plenty of jokes relating to the past. The banter I have with them I see is common across other British-Irish relationships. Sure in NI there is still some aggressions, but that's mainly between families who lost people to conflict in the past and mostly aggressions come from inebriated people. Safe to say we are great neighbours with the British.

[@DHEspana]

That’s weird, every Irish person who lives in the country I’m in I know still hates the English

[@HatchedCrown92]

@@DHEspana You sure it's not sarcasm. We are a very sarcastic bunch of people

[@GroupHug1978]

He speaks with such unearned confidence on everything from land quality to cultural sophistication to military strategy that it’s impossible to take him seriously. Apparently he’s an authority on literally everything. 😂

[@null2470]

I suppose that makes you an authority on how to waste your own time and seem like an false intellectual, then? Let us all know when you finally start your own way in the world and figure out nobody likes you, so we can laugh too.

[@owenlewis2497]

Well he specializes in Demographics. Ireland has a rapidly aging population, that's not opinion that's fact. Dmeogrpahics are the crux of every economic and political issue going forward for any country. What specifically did you take issue with?

[@davidkenny4698]

​@@owenlewis2497Yep, our demographics have deteriorated hugely over the last 20 or more years, something our politicians were not looking at but they need to look at now.

[@jgg59]

@@owenlewis2497 Ireland has the highest birth rate in the EU having said that the housing crisis is spot starting is creating more of the problem than anything else with young people leaving

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

Totally agree. The comment on Irish climate and farming was nonsense. Makes me wonder how much else he makes up.

[@Pyriold]

I think Peter is reading it wrong. The UK has been a bridge for english speaking companies into the EU, a role that now is filled only by ireland. I think ireland profits tremendously from Brexit.

[@zart365]

yes, this is the first WTF video I have seen from Peter. He didn't mention Northern Ireland once, like it doesn't exist. Britain does not have free hand when dealing with Ireland, it has to tread lightly. And indeed, the importance of Ireland as a bridge went up, not down. 'When Brits will start acting like Brits again' - what does that even mean? Britain is too busy trying to figure itself out to know what it actually wants from Ireland.

[@joythought]

Is Ireland now better off with the UK out of the EU? Years ago I set up a European subsidiary years ago in Ireland because it was the smartest place to do it. Google, Apple and so many others put their EU subsidy in Ireland. Ireland has been under pressure to close its tax loopholes that made it such a good place to set up companies in Europe. Does the UK leaving the EU improve what was already amazing in Ireland or will regulations destroy Ireland as the premier EU tax haven!

[@yermanoffthetelly]

​@@joythoughtIreland has closed its tax loopholes. Under the OECD BEPS 2.0 agreement a minimum corporation tax rate of 15% only applies to companies with revenues of $750m or more, for everyone else it's still 12.5%. The UK on the other hand has increased its CT rate from 19% to 25% from April 2023.

[@thomasherrin6798]

​​@@zart365 The UK has no real interest in Ireland, its a drain on resources and everything else, but it has to carry out its obligations, before too long Northern Ireland will be majorly Catholic and vote for independence and then the problem remains with Ireland and they can sort out the mess they started. It is a boom or bust economy (People have short memories) it always was, it always will be. The UK sees itself in Europe but not as the EU it should go back to an economic administration not a political one, that model is dead, the funding of the EU will go into crisis as soon as all the problems start affecting Germany's economy as nobody else will pay extra in, especially France!?!

[@castielkahnwald5314]

The thing is Brexit was awful for Britain, but I don't think it was good for Ireland overall. Seems that Ireland just was less negatively effected than the UK

[@johnnylee265]

From Ireland 🇮🇪 no problem Peter. I'm listening. Thanks. Only thing is the food here is good. The lamb and beef is great. You can eat raw eggs here, try doing that in the US. Also our diary, you can buy real milk in any shop. Raw milk available in most multiples.

[@Robert-uo6qi]

I would argue, the food in Ireland is pretty dang good.. and the cheese and beer… how U even compare Bud Light to Guinness?

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

I enjoyed eating in Ireland as well.

[@dougkratz5269]

And you invented Irish cream!! Good on you boys!

[@lensip2]

A lot of what he said about Ireland was ill-informed. Climate is actually ideal from many perspectives. The cultural comment was bizzare.

[@johnnylee265]

🇮🇪 don't forget Poitín. Get drunk on potatoes. That's Irish. 😆

[@pcmclc]

Love you Peter but saying the Irish lobby is more powerful than the Israeli lobby is insanely wrong

[@paulanthonycorbett]

Dear me, I hate to be that guy, but there are so many errors in this video, even within the first minute. Ireland before the famine of the 1840s had a fairly high population density with a population of over 8 million. The Irish birth rate is one of the highest in Europe and our population one of the youngest. Ireland is in fact one of the few European countries where births are outpacing deaths. Irish land is mostly excellent for growing crops and rearing farm animals, except for some rockier land in the west and north west of the island. The famine of the 1840s that decimated our population occurred not because the land was poor, but because the British authorities were shipping food to Britain while the native population starved or were forced to emigrate due to the spread of potato blight - the one crop the rural poor were allowed to grow for themselves. The Irish climate is moderate, not too hot nor too cold. It's quite windy and it rains quite often, but avoiding summer heatwaves will be extremely beneficial in a heating planet. Ireland has excellent food produce. Grass fed meat that is highly sought after in Europe and increasingly in Asia. Our dairy is also one of the best in the world. We even have great coffee culture here now. Post-Brexit, Ireland has become much more integrated with the European mainland - just look at the new shipping routes that have opened between Ireland + France and Spain, and much less reliant on the UK economically. If you want to learn more, look at our changing export stats since Brexit on www.cso.ie. Ireland is now the only native English speaking country in the EU and has a highly educated and young workforce. Post-Brexit many British and EU companies are setting up here, in addition to the well established US Tech and Pharma multinationals who've been availing of our low corporate tax rate and highly skilled workforce for years. Our future is not closer alignment with the UK, but with the EU and we are proud members of the European family. You wouldn't believe how emotional it was for Irish people that the EU had our back after Brexit when the British establishment were trying to (again) throw us under the bus and reopen all wounds in relation to the border with Northern Ireland. We have our problems with housing and healthcare, but there is full employment and the economy remains strong. Please come and visit some day with an open mind and a willingness to learn. It's a beautiful country and you'd be most welcome.

[@deankinsella8190]

Great to see somone point out the truth. Well done sir.

[@andyds11]

I lived in Ireland for three years and to say Ireland is “culturally stunted“ is absurd. The land of Joyce and Yeatts, and more Noble laureates of literature per capita than anywhere else in the world. Dublin has four museums dedicated to literature. Irish music is known. The world around. Ireland is a place that culturally punches way above its weight.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Indeed. The man is wrong on almost everything. Don't know what's wrong with him, but he seems to need a doctor. Ireland has a very good development and a bright future.

[@jacobgordon7998]

As an American I can tell you that corporations have usurped democracy and culture here. Our own culture is stunted by grossly rampant greed. How dare he call Ireland's culture stunted. It is more healthy than American culture which bends over for corporate greed.

[@pwood6532]

I will tell you what s wrong w him..he is a yank.!!as a brit who has lived in usa over 20yrs i will tell you that the yanks are generally culturally stunted..so he must be projecting!

[@GrandmasterFerg]

We can't sustain ourselves off past accolades

[@apgmk1970]

Iceland and Sint Lucia's Noble laureates would like to have a word with you...

[@bustamoveorelse]

What? Im from Ireland. Our appeal is from our low corporate tax rates. England leaving the EU also means that US companies who want access to Europe have no choice other than to set up in Ireland. Were an english speaking, educated country thats in the EU, there arent much other options

[@JB-gz2vu]

I couldn’t believe he didn’t bring this up. It’s the reason for the Irish Miracle not the access to EU development funds as he credits.

[@bustamoveorelse]

@JB-gz2vu 100%. Also as anther commenter mentioned, he didnt even talk about Northern Ireland and that tying us to England. So they have reason to keep relationships with us sweet

[@danielokeeffe2334]

Speaks confidently and makes a lot of assumptions on a subject he quiet obviously doesnt know a whole lot about. From Ireland myself

[@Lou-f]

North Atlantic drift, doesn’t freeze, and population has only recently got back to pre famine levels, population is rising. The economic change has only been since the ‘90’s. The countryside is max two hours away, ie a suburb of and normal size country. The company’s based in Uk that want to be in the eu either want an English speaking base (ireland) or go to Germany. We’re pretty quick and flexible, we’re not fighting with the Uk. we’ll be fine thanks.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Germany is the last state one would want to go to. Rather hostile people. Nothing like the kind Irish. Getting things done in Germany is a horrid task. No one answers to no one and you are at the mercy of any clerk at any office, who believes he has some power. The Germs are good at three things: injustice, incompetence and power abuse. When you like those, come over here and have your life ruined. Yep, it's that bad! Plus they are not good at English. Any company is better of in the Netherlands or Denmark. Friendlier people, better English, more competent.

[@vascoyz800]

This channel should be called, "Peter predicts every country is gonna end in 10 years except the USA (of course)" 😂😂

[@obcane3072]

He says Mexico, Turkey, France, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Argentina(if they still being socialists), and the Sweden/Norway/Finland will do great.

[@ElGrandoCaymano]

@@obcane3072 He mainly says just US will do great, along with any country which agrees to sub-optimal trade deals or cosies up to the US will do great.

[@theliato3809]

You dont need to predict what everyones already talking about

[@craigcj5953]

You don't watch his videos, OR read his books, it's obvious you are propaganda, Are you Chinese? Russian? He says Mexico, Turkey, France, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Argentina(if they still being socialists), and the Sweden/Norway/Finland will do great. MANY TIMES GFY@@ElGrandoCaymano

[@pauls7956]

Should be Peter gets it wrong again.

[@testboga5991]

Peter Zeihan in 1 sentence: If you're not in the US, you're fucked.

[@zephsmith3499]

He's not that optimistic about the US either, if you watch more vids. He just expects it to have some favorable geopolitical factors, but despairs about upcoming generations, for example. Shorter version of PZ: "We're all fucked".

[@DavidPayne90]

I would argue that in the short term ireland are uniquely situated as a bridge due to their relationsip with the US, EU and UK. Its not going to be seamless but it will be a primary player for large businesses who want a foothold in the EU, access to the UK and have the political connections with the US.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

It already is. All the large US companies in IT and Pharma are already here. There's a human aspect to this. They like to deal with the same supply chain overseas, as at home. They like to operate in a labour market with the highest proportion of university graduates in Europe, and where one's partner is likely to find fulfilling work, where you yourself do, and every small town has excellent schools.

[@JohnnyWest-lq5me]

Peter, Peter, Peter: Ireland is "kind of culturally undeveloped". You're kidding right?

[@squareyes1981]

I would love to know where the food complaint came from. I’ve travelled all over and think you can find the best and most reasonably priced food in the western world here.

[@redpandamand8294]

A few points I felt was missing because Ireland has a lot more potential: 1. Ireland has the highest (natural birth) fertility rate in the EU which means there demographic structure is not nearly as bad as other places 2. Ireland is a giant hub for tech data centres which generates revenue and economic activity in the country 3. Ireland has a huge wind energy potential, the highest wind resources in Europe which it could use to power eg the data centres 4. Ireland has gained a lot of negotiating power by using the EU in negotiations against the Brits 5. Ireland is still an trade link for the Americans into the EU market, many American firms open up there before entering the rest of the EU

[@gardenjoy5223]

Indeed. This man seems to be a natural born pessimist. Or he had a nasty case of indigestion, making this. Must be the crappy US food :)

[@einerus]

1. Ireland is getting so expensive that it will soon change. People will leave and migration will stop coming. 2. and 3. That potential is mostly abandoned and underinvested, and without that no more data centres could be located there. 4. and 5. Agree

[@rikg280]

5. if he uk gets its shit together its likely they will start targeting exactly the same lucrative company's to relocate to UK inc NI - there's been absolutely no move to do that to date as Peter says they have been refusing to formulate distinctive UK policies to take advantage of Brexit.....but some day they will and that will present a massive challenge to Ireland. @@einerus

[@hunterbidensvaxmandates]

maybe talk about the fucking reason Ireland is rioting right now? fucking stupid immigrants everywhere

[@seanflynn6703]

@@rikg280 In terms of relocating companies to Britain. The tax loopholes that attracted those companies to Ireland have been closed for about a decade now and those companies chose to remain in Ireland rather than moving to say India (for cheaper English speaking workers) or Eastern Europe (for cheaper workers while still in the EU). The consensus seems to be that it's not worth the effort to leave Ireland when there is a steady supply of well educated, English speaking workers in a country within the EU with robust and helpful laws surrounding big business. Most of those companies have purchased massive properties and have invested heavily in the infrastructure needed for them to operate (case and point google's massive data bank built outside of Dublin in the last 10 years) I don't see how moving to the UK helps in any way seeing as it offers the same things Ireland does, just without the access to the single market. It wouldn't make a whole pile of sense unless Britain decides to do what Ireland did and slash corporate tax. And if they do that they'll learn, over time the same thing Ireland has, all the companies in the world, paying next to no tax doesn't help the country as much as you'd think.

[@tonytanou]

Ireland has over 80 million people with Irish ancestry spread throughout the world. A smart Irish government should invent some kind of citizenship to leverage this potential resource.

[@Honest_Max]

Cultural development has been stunted? I guess that explains the crazy quality and quantity of poets, authors, musicians, etc.

[@EastWing411]

Granted the weather can be a challenge but the food is actually really good these days. Beautiful country

[@MyYouTubeisDrDavinsky-dr9iw]

The food has always been good. Peter is racist

[@MikePerryLegit]

The weather is fine. Never really cold, no extremes.

[@tonyyates2012]

​@MyKZbinisDrDavinsky-dr9iw I think you mean bigoted, he can't be racist if he's talking about a white race as a white man.

[@tonyyates2012]

​@@chrimbus71Trust me, there's plenty of Irish racists.

[@chillijoe8264]

@@MikePerryLegit you’ve clearly never been to ireland, the weather is absolutely atrocious…!

[@madzyadzy07]

“The food is so bad” ? What? I’m Irish and our farming industry is among the best in the world.

[@222toastedtoasters3]

More potato is best potato

[@khalidalali186]

As in the cuisine, buddy.

[@cautionary_tale]

Most Irish cuisine was invented based on a dare between two drunk sheep herders.

[@roryfitzpatrick3571]

@@khalidalali186 Irish cuisine for the most part is international cuisine. An Irish themed restaurant is incredibly rare. If the cuisine is bad, then it's the fault of the immigrants who run the restaurants and sell their national foods. :)

[@mountainmanmike1014]

@@cautionary_tale They were cattle people so do you not like beef?

[@unojayc]

The Irish climate like Wales is just fine!..Not too hot and not too cold. Plus plenty of water and bloody great food!

[@rossmax767]

Hey ! We have great food in Ireland and the weather is tame - no heatwaves,not ice bound just rather damp. At least we have no water shortages here.

[@jamesparke6252]

Literally the best quality meat and dairy products in the entire world.

[@Art-is-craft]

@@jamesparke6252 That does make up for the fact Ireland is not a pun easy agricultural environment.

[@mountainmanmike1014]

@@Art-is-craft Compared to who?

[@GD1082]

​@@mountainmanmike1014to whom.

[@PinballBob1]

@Ross- Are you keeping it a secret that Irish girls are the prettiest on the planet ?

[@puirYorick]

I've been told that there are more self-identifying Irish people outside of Ireland than in Ireland.

[@GD1082]

Annoyingly so, especially in Boston.

[@allstairs8726]

Yep, all 70 million of them, bless em 😊

[@mastervibes2296]

Yes because everyone claims to be Irish

[@puirYorick]

@@mastervibes2296 ...Especially at the St. Patrick's Day parades. ☘

[@peterincork3121]

How do you know that someone is from Cork ? We'll tell you.... 😛

[@noeldoyle4501]

Thank you, I've learnt a lot from your video.

[@draziraphale]

I'm Irish and I think he has called it wrong, for reasons articulated in other comments

[@heilong79]

Food is good in Ireland, Most meats are better quality than American corn fed live stock and you can get whatever ethnic food you want(mexican, Italian, Chinese) and the culture is real culture as it has its roots in thousands of years of development, Dont know what you mean by cultural development being stunted, there is plenty going on in he world of art, literature and Science but maybe these things are hard to see from an outside perspective. Ireland's immigration is at a high level for a country with such a small population and in many ways should be looking to reduce the numbers coming in if it wants to maintain cultural integraty.

[@shanghaiffgg]

I lived for a few years in the US and also in Ireland. The quality of food in Ireland is VASTLY better and more affordable than that in the US

[@GD1082]

Maybe he should have said "Irish-American" food, that stuff is still from the old country and it sucks; soda bread and stew, yum?

[@facts9538]

This is true. but the problem Ireland has is every time you turn a field it loses it's nutrients and the UK has the best fertiliser on the planet. Ireland and England are not friends by any means.

[@lukeire1]

Ireland and the UK have the closest relationship possible. There is huge cross over with our population. Almost every one in Ireland has British relatives. Where are you getting this?

[@SmokestackOG]

It might be better than American white people food but not colored folks over here. You better speak for yourself

[@peterincork3121]

@@facts9538 Nonsense.

[@trevorohara9066]

"Ireland's cultural development is somewhat stunted, which is probably why the food is so bad." And THAT, my friends, are the words of an American 🤣🤣🤣

[@joandempsey4652]

😂😂😂

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

​@Mickyway Yup, every time I go to New Orleans I get myself hotdogs. The deep south and Appalachia have the best hamburgers ever. And if you're ever around the Mexican border you definitely need to try the chicken nuggets there.

[@budawang77]

Peter is wrong on most things but I keep watching because he's likeable and I enjoy the backdrops.

[@bazzaice00]

Less than 30 seconds in and says the food is so bad. wtf, Ireland has amazing food. The Beef is phenomenal. Grass feed cattle on lush green pastures, what more could you want.

[@FeastBeast123]

I as a farmer in Ireland, we can produce enough food to support 40 million people. We have a population of 5 million. You say the food is bad. I have to disagree. We are the emerald isle. Our food is produced more naturally and organically than any other place in the world. Truly agriculture is the backbone of this country. Other industries will rise and fall, agriculture will always keep the country going.

[@thomasvan7738]

There is a difference between producing quality farm products and having a rich cuisine...

[@petermooney2016]

As someone who listens to Peter's analysis of parts of the world I'm not familiar with, listening to this commentary on something I do know gives me an appropriate filter for his output from now on. Some of it borders on the bs "opinions" I would hear in a pub.

[@hueyl3255]

Peter is completely incorrect about Ireland's agriculture industry - world standard in export of quality beef and diary products - with the perfect climate to produce both !! This is well known internationally so I don't know how he missed that. Also, the food in Ireland has improved massively over the last generation and if I'm not wrong is considered to be quite good these days for its cuisine. Also, the birth rate in Ireland is reasonably healthy by European standards and the Irish economy has done quite well since Britain downfall via Brexit.

[@nigelharrison83]

Few things wrong here. Ireland will be the bridge to the UK and Europe regardless of the EU. The UK can support it's carriers independently from the US. The UK doesn't need to cripple itself for a US trade deal. Ireland will be fine as will the UK.

[@Halbared]

Positivity!

[@rikg280]

Fourth point I agree there are other trade agreements for the UK that potentially could give wider access to the uk market

[@markmelvin299]

Hope you're right but the sheer incompetence of policy makers make me doubt very much at times. For what its worth I would like the UK to be non-aligned and just get up off its ass and do some things. Just like in the old days. And of course build up the navy again.

[@veronicamaine3813]

Hold onto that optimism - because all I'm seeing is the disintegration of the union - they cant even support themselves let alone a carrier (lets not even talk about a fleet). The UK completely screwed itself with Brexit - it isolated Europe, so it really doesn't have many options (Australia got an extremely favourable trade deal, showing quite a bit of UK desperation).

[@otterofdespair3387]

@@rikg280 already signed one, TTIP

[@SnazzBot]

Ireland actually has a great climate no tornadoes no fire storms no extreme hates no extreme colds it's incredibly mild . And it's a great place for growing things. You know what all growing things need water.

[@TheMickydowling]

It's more effective to grow things where there's both lots of sun and sufficient water, like a heavily irrigated desert. The way I see it, Ireland has the potential to have some of the most sustainable agriculture in the world, if only we'd move away from livestock

[@aikighost]

Say that when trying to cycle up the hill towards Dublinia mid winter in the wind and rain 🤣

[@MC_1965]

We're obsessed with cattle and sheep, the exports led market is a historic overhang. Turn over 10/15% of eastern grazing land to horticulture and we'd have actual food security.

[@GD1082]

Water and grain, beer and whiskey.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

@@aikighost LOL

[@nabbar]

This video makes little sense because it hypothesizes a situation where Britain actively and deliberately works against Irish interests but completely fails to explain why benefits to Britain of doing so would outweigh the damage to Britain's reputation in international relations.

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

I don't get you point about the birth rate, the population of Ireland has been rising and is almost at pre 1840s levels.

[@andrewjohnston9115]

The concept that the UK would do anything militarily against Ireland is implausable, even at the height of the troubles, there was no active military campaign against Ireland either on land or sea, the UK can use influence to try and get Ireland to do its will, but thats pretty unlikely as the Irish economy is giving Ireland a voice of it's own. I can't really get behind this video at all.

[@nole8923]

In today’s world the United States, Britain and the other western powers have far bigger international issues to deal with than little ole Ireland. The world is a much smaller place than it was 500 years ago. Russias unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is the greatest threat the western world has faced since WW2. Iran has ambitions to control the Persian gulf region, the conflict between Israel and Hamas stoking Muslim radicalism in the region including Turkey. Briton isn’t going to behave towards Ireland like it did 500 years ago just because Ireland wants to do its own thing. And the United States acts as a mediator between the two anyway. America is like the marriage bond between Ireland and Britain. They won’t be fighting each other any time soon.

[@thomasherrin6798]

Peter is still fighting for Independence, he has a bit of a low opinion of the UK but we are the 6th largest economy and top military in Europe and the navy is under redevelopment we also have a navy agreement with Japan, the UK doesn't see Ireland as a threat, the future of the UK lies in Europe however most of Mainland Europe is going through a denial phase and sees the EU as the solution rather than the problem, there should be economic union but not political union (...and certainly not German and French engineered political union). As Germany is going to go through a very tough time the bankers of Europe might want to change that model, especially with a big hole in the budget! If the US wants to have strong allies it should have good trade deals with them, otherwise its trading partners will be the ones who wish it the most harm, so it should have good trade deals with all of Europe and less with autocratic countries!?!

[@SA2004YG]

I think its going to be less about military action and more behind the scenes action

[@dannywastaken]

We still have plenty of huge metal Postman Pat Royal Mail post boxes here in Ireland but they're painted over green instead of red. That's a pretty good metaphor. I taught for many years in English secondary schools and the kids there didn't even realise Ireland was an independent country. We were the same country for most of our history. Right up until when Cromwell, that religious nut job invaded part of his own country in a fairly racist manner which is the quickest way to create another separate country in the shortest space of time. Churchill used to curse Cromwell for creating that whole mess. He's not wrong. History could have gone very differently.

[@jamesrockett6267]

⁠​⁠@@dannywastaken the only time ireland and britain were the same kingdom was after the act of union in 1801. A full 28 Years before Catholic emancipation in 1829. Ireland was a separate kingdom before that, let’s just say that didn’t go well and leave it at that.

[@donalboland6443]

Great to hear you chat about us. Our future will be better than our past. Ireland is grand

[@BigBootyStarFish]

Right up to you import 3 - 5 million people causing chaos., whoops to late

[@AndrewGaule]

Spoken like a true Irishman 😂

[@mobies341]

@@BigBootyStarFish Ireland will deal with its tiny minority but very vocal ringwing fash problem. Normal decent people have woken up to the fact that the Discord was being manipulated by racists and Idiot scumbags were leveraged to create chaos. Both the fashists and the Scumbags will be solved with, now that our reputation has been tarnished by them.

[@FrostTHammer]

One thing Ireland has done really quite well is integrating public services and information technology. And Ireland's workforce is well stocked with the expertise to take that transition further.

[@frankymacf]

There is literally zero IT deployed in our public-facing health services.

[@rogerdittus2952]

As an American relatively recently transplanted to Northern Ireland, and soon to also become an Irish citizen, Iv'e tried to understand the issues unique to this part of the world. The concerns about demographics Peter mentions sound right. And prices in the Republic are a bit shocking when I travel in the the ROI. But a lot of the rest of the things he talks about here I don't understand. The stuff about rule from London, the UK navy, etc is kind of baffling.

[@ClannCholmain]

It’s only shocking when you consider that the lowest incomes in the United Kingdom are in NI. 10 December 2023 WORLD ECONOMICS Once upon a time about a century ago, Belfast was bigger than Dublin, and industrial Northern Ireland was much wealthier than the poor agricultural South. Today the roles are reversed. Northern Ireland remains to a considerable extent dependant on handouts from London and is much poorer than prosperous Ireland. Dublin is now three times the size of Belfast and looks (unlike Belfast) like a thriving European city. Union with Britain doesn’t seem to have worked so well for Northern Island. One reason often cited for the dramatic change is the attraction of the Irish low tax regime for major US multinationals. However the UK itself is often associated with tax haven status (the Channel Islands and British Virgin Islands spring to mind, not to mention the "London Laundromat". In recent years - since 2016 - the considerable divergence in GDP per capita growth (in favour of Ireland) is more likely explained by the Brexit vote of that year, with Ireland now a more favoured route into the EU than the more isolated United Kingdom. David McWilliams, a notable Irish economist, wrote recently: “the truth is the union with Britain has been an economic calamity for Northern Ireland".

[@rogerdittus2952]

@@ClannCholmain Interesting. Yes, I realize that the Republic is wealthy according to GDP and someone in Belfast gets paid about 2/3 of what someone is paid in Dublin (generalising). But to live in Belfast it costs roughly 2/3 of what it costs to live in Dublin. And I think it's probably harder to purchase housing in Dublin even with their higher wages. A lot of it comes down to cost of living considerations. I have an English friend that moved to the Derry area during COVID and works from home for an English company: he told me he and his wife bought twice the house in N.I. than they could've bought in Essex. And Belfast is not as large as Dublin but it seems to be thriving just as much. I like Dublin (and Galway, Sligo, etc, and all the wonderful towns and villages in ROI) but Belfast has great culture, pubs, restaurants, music, etc. and I enjoy it when I travel the hour down from the North Coast of N.I. Dublin has no Napoleon's Nose to hike up and look out over the city from 😁 True, they don't build oceanliners at Harland and Wolf any more but Belfast is a treat now that there's peace 🤞. My parents in law who are in their early 90"s have seen vast improvements in N.I.'s standard of living, although not as great as the Republic has experienced in a much shorter time. Brexit was not wise economically, has messed with the complicated politics in N.I. and could result in Irish unification happening more quickly than it otherwise would or will. I don't really know how positive Irish unification would be for N.I. overall from a lot of perspectives, but if it happens in my lifetime I wish them/ us well. Funny to say, but the best thing for N.I. Unionists might be if somehow the UK acted on the well documented"Bregret" sentiment and begged re-entry to the EU. The EU might just be done with them though. Anyway, we shall see. I still don't get what Zeihan was on about with Dublin taking orders from London, or whatever that was. Maybe I misunderstood him.

[@ClannCholmain]

@@rogerdittus2952 you really know your stuff, ya, I don’t know either what he meant by the U.K. navy, very odd. Anyway, all the best to you and yours and your new life on this green and abundant land.

[@rogerdittus2952]

@@ClannCholmain Thanks. and all the best back at you.

[@solaman095]

Peter everything geows in ireland ... the emerald isle? Grass literally grows in the middle of our roads if they arent used

[@sar4x474]

“Feeling positive about your future? Give me 5 minutes of your time.” Peter Zeihan

[@momo8200]

My casual view is that with Brexit, Ireland's place as the English speaking relatively low tax EU base for primarily American corporations is secured. Ireland's gdp per capita is twice that of the UK with low public debt and a current account surplus. UK is becoming insular by the day, low growth, falling productivity, falling living standards, crumbling public services and a political class obsessed with Brexit and blaming others for their own problems.

[@liamduff88]

Irelands biggest demographic problem is not birth rate its emigration. Much of the wealth from the Celtic tiger was wisely spent on education but the problem is that a huge number of graduates decided to leave immediately because of a host of problems in the Irish economy which have only continued to worsen. Cost of living particularly housing has continued to rise, jobs in sectors other than IT, tech and Bio-tech are not well paid and bureaucracy around housing planning is crazy.. The biggest threat to Ireland is now politics. FF and FG have not managed housing and now many people some how believe that SF will some how manage to. this is the biggest threat in the short to medium term because it puts all of the Capital investments and Irelands role as a bridge and its place in the EU in jeopardy.

[@Cato76]

theyre going bye bye now

[@audience2]

Birth rate is below replacement level.

[@MyYouTubeisDrDavinsky-dr9iw]

Irish food is great and so is Irish culture. Beautiful harp, myths etc

[@rozzer8290]

It's not great bow let's be honest, Italian and Chinese food is great

[@GD1082]

Getting drunk is culture? Who knew.

[@rozzer8290]

@@GD1082 Absolutely, oldest pub in the world is in ireland, about 10th century no less

[@bushy9780]

@@GD1082 If twerking is considered culture, then so is drinking.

[@josephxd6574]

Great stout, great whiskey, great culture, great people, great landscapes - sure what more do you want. ☘️

[@warwickbartlett9930]

Weather?

[@beelikehoney]

@@warwickbartlett9930 they have weather it's the sun they don't seem to have much of. But the oil multi nationals are working on it

[@wodensreign9839]

Ten million immigrants. That's what Peter wants.

[@davyoh4304]

We have the weather to sit inside and enjoy great stout, great whiskey, great craic,great culture and look out the window at great landscape.🇮🇪😆

[@GD1082]

Culture? Getting drunk is a culture?

[@cycledublin]

Some very fundamental errors in that. Brexit strengthens Ireland position as a bridge between the US and the EU. The UK has weakened itself. Strategically, the UK is far less important than the EU and in geopolitical terms when you think of Ireland you also have to think of the entire EU. That was one of the UK's mistakes in the Brexit negotiations. And our food is fantastic. Our weather produces the finest raw ingredients so while not having an indigenous cuisine we have the whole world to do the cooking for us using our ingredients. It's wonderful 😊

[@d33w]

Please do Portugal next! Very curious to hear your thoughts on my country.

[@perskarva123]

I would love to hear your thoughts on the future of northern Europe (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Noway) as a whole and what the individual countries are doing great/not so great at.

[@poker5147]

He has some videos where he explains this. Basically Scandinavia has a somewhat good future compared to many others. I'm sure you can find it if you search around.

[@Rowlph8888]

He's already said that by 2050, the only European countries that wil exist as nationstates, will be UK, France, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark and "possibly" Spain - but he's way too overconfident for a demographer, when so many things are unpredictable. His opinion is that everywhere else will contract into some kind of Hybrid citystate, as they don't have the No Young and work age People to run the economy in theDiverse Ways generated by the 20th century growth based model , at the volume required to sustain anything like the GDP generated. *These nation states will also benefit from the exodus of Young and skilled people fFrom crisis nationstates, once the Regression starts, e.g.:exodus from Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan, South Korea, China and "possibly" Spain (Spain R and outlier, who can Fix the Demographic problem with clever immigration policy

[@abaddon1371]

@Svenskanorden1 So, sorta like out of the fire into the frying pan kinda move?

[@zi326]

@@Rowlph8888 UK is not a nationstate. It's a union

[@kopkaljdsao]

​@@zi326Yea biggest flaw in his analytics is treating EU as separate and US as one.Most of the US is "flyover" states. Most if the EU is "flyover" countries.

[@imaginejl4]

😂😂😂😂 love your comedy....a grain of truth and an absense huge swathes of information... Hey Peter, you should get a Chinese car, they're excellent, more and more of them are appearing at the new houses constantly popping up in the countryside...car sales are such a good measure of economy, Chinese car sales are booming... Lots of love to your sensentionalist comedy, stay in the mountains, its working for you

[@usernextuser5385]

Ireland's economy only took off in the mid 90's when we reduced our corporate tax. The birth rate was 2.1 replacement level untill about 2019. However we have been importing people since the mid 90's. to make up for this, like all of western Europe, the USA and Canada. With the immigrants came their food. So you can get pretty much anything now. Housing in Dublin is expensive like all capitol cities, but outside is reasonable.

[@bustabloodvessel5327]

Inability to support large populations? It exports over 85% of the food it produces and could feed 5x it's current population As for crappy food It used to be world ranked No1 for food quality but right now Ireland only ranks No2 just behind Finland on the Global Food Security Index. The GFSI evaluates food security in 113 countries across four key pillars, including affordability; availability; quality and safety; and sustainability and adaptation. As for the weather - Dress accordingly and you will never be disappointed.

[@bobfred159]

‘The Irish lobby is more powerful than the Israeli lobby’ 😂

[@danielstockley5631]

I don't the Micks had Saddam toppled lol.

[@Double_Vision]

Because Dublin got Libya rolled over

[@user-ej3jy6eg6h]

Everything this guy says is wrong. Zionists were able to raise in a day more than the IRA ever did from American nationals.

[@A.Severan]

@@Double_VisionLibyan here. I don’t recall Sarkozy, David Cameron, or Hillary Clinton being Irish officials. Ireland had nothing to do with toppling Gaddafi.

[@themissinfowar6629]

The USA need their own lobby in congress by the looks of it 😂

[@rgc3012]

How is it a crappie climate, its temperate and with Eurooe on fire in the Summer due to climate change its ideal. Also very green and beautiful.

[@petermartin1772]

Food in Ireland is terrible, wow!! When was he last here in the 80's. The world and its restaurants reside in Dublin and throughout the country. Ireland's population grew by 200,000 in the last two years alone. Our infrastructure is under huge pressure from population growth. We do have a major reliance on multi nationals though. More self reliance achieved by developing home grown businesses should be a massive part of any future model.

[@TheShepTV]

We can’t grow food? Apart from all the other inaccuracies in this video, that’s the most stark. Our biggest non tech exports are food, chiefly; beef. Even during the “famine” we were growing food for 50m people. Our temperate climate and ample rain make this a thing.

[@eamonnfanton2165]

Peter seriously you haven't researched or thought this through. How many countries in the EU use English as their first language? ONE, and that's Ireland. Thats means any US company or international company (outside of EU) will prefer to base their EU operations in Ireland despite any changes that might or might not happen. You obviously haven't heard of the common travel area, basically a treaty made back in the 1930's that allows irish citizens to live, travel and work freely in the UK without need of passport or visa, and vice versa for UK citizens. The Good Friday Agreement has only strengthened this treaty so I can see no way that the UK could ever tear it up without destroying the economy totally in Northern Ireland or relinquishing the 6 counties in order to end this treaty. The UK can go turtle all it likes it but wont change a thing. That's one of the reasons many of the London City financial businesses have moved, or moved partially, to Dublin. Ireland's GDP is far higher than the UK and will continue to remain so, even if you eliminate the corporation taxes from foreign multinationals. The new 15% will reduce Ireland Corporate tax revenues but it will still be the most desirable country of choice for most multinationals that operate through the English language and require a highly educated workforce especially in tech and we will still have one of the lowest rates of corporation taxes in the EU. You also forget that Ireland is one of the biggest EU agri and food exporters despite being one of its smallest countries. Brexit has in fact worked in Ireland's favour in this regard as no UK agri or food business can compete now that exporting has now become far more expensive for UK suppliers. Ireland still has fairly large gas and oil fields that have remained untapped, and has the potential to be a net exporter of green energy to the UK and EU and that is currently a work in progress. As for population Ireland is growing at around 98,000 a year even with a declining birth rate. If they fixed the housing issue this would jump significantly but while the current government parties are in power (Fianna Fail & Fine Gael) I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. Basically BREXIT has worked in favour of Ireland and hampered the UK. There's a reason the UK defense forces have got significantly weaker and no longer able to finance defence spending at previous levels and it is extremely unlikely it will ever reach those spending levels again. To paraphrase one of your US generals 'the UK at this time couldn't fight its way out of a wet paper bag', well actually what he said was, and I quote ""Bottom line... it's an entire service unable to protect the UK and our allies for a decade,". The only thing holding Ireland back at the moment from further significant economic and population growth is our current housing crisis. Would to like to rethink your post and adjust it in a follow up?

[@jayft08]

As someone who is not Irish but loves to go there, the food is great.

[@7000x]

It’s Terrible

[@cormacbrowne9571]

Yeah, the food is great here - a higher quality standard than certainly the U.S - that would'nt be difficult though. We don't put in the terrible ingredients that they have to eat. We just don't have the variety that a melting pot like the U.S has.

[@TheMayoDon123]

It's similar to US as in loads of Thai, Korean, Italian, French food etc. Irish good tends to fresh but plain. Aka spuds, steak, fried fish stews etc!

[@ajc5479]

There is great food in Ireland. Most of it is not Irish recipes though lol. We are also a net exporter of food.

[@g-man4744]

I'm French living in Ireland and I have to say food quality has really improved in the last 15 years. Food scene in Dublin I find pretty good honestly.

[@ruralhobo]

Ireland is rich for tax reasons. It's a bridge because of language: now the only anglophone EU country. The biggest threat to its economy is if mainland European countries have enough of their tax revenues being poached, I'd say. But culture? It has a rich one and in music it's hard to beat. Zeihan is not his usual well-informed self today.

[@peterjames2617]

Hi Peter, your vids are almost always very good and insightful and I love watching them and learning from them, but I think on this occasion as can be witnessed in many of the comments below of which I agree with most of them, I think you got several things wrong. The story of Ireland has many dimensions of which you seemed to have skipped past or over. I am Irish/English dual national and am pretty close to what is going on in Ireland as well as the UK. I would recommend you should perhaps take a closer look and do a 'part two' of this video? I for one would love to hear your considered opinion on Ireland and its relationship with The UK, Europe and the USA. For me the one area that has bothered me for many years is that Ireland seems to go through its own boom and bust cycles which are governed by multinational companies setting European 'beachheads' in Ireland and brining wealth to the country only to retreat from Ireland when economic conditions in the west catch a cold .. then things go downhill in a big way in Ireland which is always a very great shame to see. The wealth brought to Ireland in this fashion is problematic as it is not true home grown wealth. People in the major cities are well of but not the rest of the country in the main. Housing shortages is rife and ferociously expensive in the cities and to a great extent in the rest of the country. I suppose the quasi tax heaven strategy in Ireland may reduce the extent of the boom bust cycle, but I think it is not a healthy route for development of what would otherwise be a true (home grown) per capita GDP. I have lived in Ireland for periods of time and have witnessed this boom bust cycle a few times - nasty. I long for the day in which Ireland develops a base of strong local home grown industries for local and international business prosperity, strong enough to minimise these periodic boom and bust cycles and in which a 'true' wealth and wellbeing can be grown for all Irish citizens throughout Ireland.

[@kathleenv510]

As an Irish American with dual citizenship who just lived in the Republic of Ireland for a year and has family in northern Ireland and all over England and Scotland, I have to respectfully disagree with your take on this.

[@damienmurtagh]

A few inaccuracies here Petey. Ireland produces 9x its food needs last I checked. The climate is great for beef, lamb etc. I’ll give him that the food (cooking style etc) was pretty bad until about 20 years ago. Also I’m not sure there’s that much peace to be made with the Brit’s. The Good Friday agreement mostly solved that. Honestly don’t think this will be a problem.

[@finnwheatley2194]

FYI Irelands fertility rate is 1.63, the US is 1.64. And it is one of the largest agricultural exporters per capita in the world

[@finnwheatley2194]

Irelands net immigration is also ~5x the US rate per capita

[@chris-ryan]

​@@finnwheatley2194and the same way the US uses mexican labour for the work its people don't want to do, Ireland ( and the EU) needs the same.. hence immigration.

[@sug365]

Not sustainable.@@chris-ryan

[@ckpalmeiras1318]

They also don’t build high rise to any intense degree after a disastrous experience with a large scale high rise social housing development called Ballymun. Meaning the reasoning Peter gave for his optimism regarding New Zealand and France and the US, in terms of demographics, absolutely exists possibly to an even more intense level in Ireland than those places…yet he didn’t mention it. And spoke about Ireland like they’re shoving populations up tower blocks to have no kids, like in East Asia, Soviet countries and places in Europe like Scotland. Plus his things about their climate and food production is just insane. To the point of saying the issue in Phoenix is that they don’t get enough sun! Remember, Peter is great but is an Anglophile and the Irish are kryptonite to anglophiles.

[@MinkieWinkle]

They do not need immigration, they need to stop paying people to sit around on their arses, welfare is too generous when people can choose to live of welfare instead of working for decades on end. Welfare needs reform, massive reform, no more unlimited unemployment payments, should be an accrued system, if you don't work, you don't build up unemployment benefits.

[@admiralsfleet2668]

Bad food? Nothing more tasty than a traditional Irish dinner after a cold, dark, wet, windy day. Comfort and warmth in Irish food.

[@abrin5508]

I don't know if it's all bad for them - all the British guys I know who have not legged it for Oz, NZ, USA, Canada or retired to spain/portugal are working in or for Ireland. Certainly, doing better than UK.

[@MrJonslatts]

Are you suggesting that Ireland could come in military conflict with the Brits? Thats moronic.

[@michaellawrence9578]

Could it happen

[@PaulColclough47]

I'm really struggling to follow the thesis of this. Ireland's success is as a bridge between the US and EU. So what does Brexit have to do with this? Peter hasn't really connected those dots in this video. From where I'm standing Brexit means that Ireland is now the only English speaking country in the EU within the closest timezone to the US. If anything that elevates Ireland's role as a bridge, not diminish it. And then on the strategic side, does he really think that the EU would let the UK bully around one of its member states like that? Did he not follow the Brexit negotiations? The EU fully had Ireland's back when the UK tried to bully Ireland. As usual, Zeihan speaks with great authority on matters he knows embarrassingly little about.

[@discodunne]

Our weather might be crap but our food ain’t!

[@Yash-ye1zq]

In Ireland everything is “Ah sure look everything will be fine” or “That’ll do”

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

man i want to live there. in the US everyone is batshit crazy and constantly terrified about literally everything.

[@g0anna]

venezuela and guyana border dispute. Would love to hear Peter’s take and predictions on that.

[@Ryan-Fkrepublicnz]

Chinese corruption in Guyana is thick....

[@dannyboy218]

Can you please do Slovakia sometime, I know they are not a major power or a regional power, but I want to know your views on Slovakia, in regards to its economy, geography, and cultural situations.

[@Chrisklown]

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[@John316OBrian-cm4fj]

No point Slovakia is finished

[@khalidalali186]

Never heard of it.

[@juniorjames7076]

Are you still having children? Better get some migrants in there or face demographic collapse.

[@stafer3]

In 1970s and 1980s, we were having 90 thousand children per year, that dropped to 50 thousand per year from 1990s onward. And currently 20% of those 50 thousand are gypsies. So you can pretty much guess how colossal the economic decline will be. We have bulge of 30-55 year old. Which means right now this is our peak. Out highest productivity ever. This will continue for next 10-15 years. And when this bulge starts retiring, our retirement system will collapse 20-25 years from now. We are mountainous country, so building infrastructure is harder and more expensive. And educated people moved to either Czech republic or further west. In last 30 years, we were growing no matter how stupid our politics was. Because we had a lot of young workers. We could have grown more, but we squandered it. But starting 10-15 years from now, we will be declining no matter how skillful and great our politics will be. Because that tiny generation born around 2000 is already entering their 20s. Once they get in their 30s where they should be our solid tax base, those government deficits will be gargantuan. And that assumes skillful and great politics, we are neither Japan nor South Korea, so expect worse. People who don’t understand math will complain how everything is more sh*tty than before, and vote for another messiah that makes it even worse.

[@simontaylor2143]

Brit here (save your boos for later), but how exactly was Ireland a bridge between the UK and EU prior to Brexit? If anything it's more of a bridge now than when we were EU members since it's a reasonably open land boarder with the EU market Second, shifting attitudes towards Brexit, and the extortionate price the US would demand makes it more likely we'd seek to rejoin the single market than NAFTA Thrid: in what realistic circumstance is the UK going to start flexing it's military at Ireland again? Do you seriously imagine we're about to have another crack at empire building? Even if the will was there the strength is not (though some of us fantasise that it is, see "British Empire syndrome")

[@rtonib2103]

It's like he did a quick read on the wiki of Ireland and put this out.

[@DerekTJ]

Food is great here in Ireland. So much better than the US - assuming we're talking about affordable and everyday food.

[@TruthDissident]

Ok and? Ireland is still doomed whereas the US isn't.

[@brianhourigan]

I think we will be okay Peter. Ireland has been through the ringer in nearly every generation whether it's economics, famine, war, subjugation. We will survive - we have adapted before and can adapt again.

[@paulies5407]

Not with your current rate of mass migration. Won’t be an Irishman left in 20 years.

[@seanmalley7119]

Well said Brian, if we can survive Cromwell, we can survive this , I thought we were plus population….

[@danisraelmalta]

Surviving and prospering are two different stories...

[@jodu626]

@@seanmalley7119peter thinks this is the 60s. The brits don’t care about ireland. in-fact they don’t care about the whole of the island. There’s far bigger issues for the west to worry about. Both Gov have the same issues moving forward. think you’ll see quite close ties

[@seanmalley7119]

Could be worse, Ireland could be the UK intentionally destroying themselves , unless they come crawling back to EU 😂

[@thomas8431]

Ireland's greatest advantage is it's population. They are extremely well educated, have very high PISA scores ( amongst the very best in the World), they have an ancient and binding culture that is thousands of years old and predates Christianity (therefore the decline of Christianity/ Catholicism won't leave them lost). Their birth rate is too low, but that trend is the same in almost every other major country on Earth. The Irish have survived far worse and still come out on top. I'd wager everything that Ireland will still be a top tier country when this century ends.

[@cyberzeroday]

As an Irish person living in the states I agree with some of what Peter says. The Brits will eventually go back to treating Ireland as they have always done or at least they will attempt to. A few angles are incorrect here though. Historically Britain wasn't particularly worried about internal sentiment for Ireland that is now very different. Generations of Irish have blended into British society now for example (like them or not) culturally , Johnny Rotten from the sex pistols , Oasis , the stone roses , Morrisey , then the likes of Caroline Ahern , Catherine Tate and into media such as Piers Morgan. Over time the British people and Irish people have built up many strong working relationships and despite the general stereotype these two sets of people work as a powerhouse when they need to. I am not naive when it comes to the meddling of M16 for instance however again over time many Irish have actually been employed to execute this meddling. Second when the description of a Bridge is used it may be a misguided one. The only concerning bridge I see is that where a huge majority of goods and services still come through the channel tunnel or into Dover and onwards towards the Island of Ireland. I suspect a more hardline taxation and duties may have been imposed on Ireland were it not for the fact that 6 counties are still under the control of the UK government. Should a United Ireland ever happen in the future it is likely that the goods and services bridge would lead to a revenue generating system for anything that touches UK soil and is then forwarded to Ireland. That is the only bridge of concern and so in order to reposition the Irish should now be actively working with the EU and to a lesser extent the US to implement a workaround . As regards 'human capital' the Irish education system is possibly one of the strongest in the world . When two teenagers develop a payment system that is adopted by the financial industry and subsequently creates a market valuation of 70 Billion , essentially from a 'high school' project then you know that your human capital is sound. If anything the main challenge Ireland will have in this space is persuading the USA to reconfigure their VISA system in order to speed up the transfer of this human capital towards the U.S. We all know the companies will end up being housed back in Ireland for some inventive accounting anyway. So as regards importing human capital Irelands concern will be ensuring it supplies it's people with strong enough migrants to serve their people. They will need to tighten their inbound controls because they will never be a manufacturing base. The balance here will be importing medical professionals and hospitality personnel again ensuring these maintain the high standards expected. To this point the immediate burning problem for Ireland at present is how they provide housing and services to the Irish while not moving to a hard line against refugee intake. Currently it is looking impossible that they continue with their intake approach and so this if anything is where the 'new game plan' will be considered. By the way , when the Irish were living it up I'm pretty sure they were reproducing as well , I guess not as much as the good old days when men in black told us 'go forth and multiply' ......little boy ! ;)

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

I'm pretty sure the men in black tried to stop the whole multiplying thing. they didnt like to see "inferior and uncivilized" people reproducing. typical british perspective.

[@01blackhills]

I laughed when he said it's only a matter time before Brits start acting like Brits again As a brit it feels like our country has fallen. There's no leadership at the top and chaos on the streets

[@ElGrandoCaymano]

If feels like every capital city in Europe has chaos on the streets right now.

[@gdok6088]

I live in Yorkshire, UK and have seen no chaos on the streets. I'm currently down in London for 2 weeks and have travelled all over the capital - north, south, east and west and have seen no chaos - zilch: clean orderly underground (tube) and rail network, clean orderly streets and orderly people behaving in a civilised manner.

[@01blackhills]

@@gdok6088 utter bollocks

[@TruthDissident]

​@@ElGrandoCaymanoIs anyone surprised? Look at the levels of immigration. Guys like Zeihan conveniently ignore factors like that.

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

@@gdok6088 no no no. if you see brown people that means that there is chaos. there doesn't have to be actual chaos in the streets. if you see a brown person you can assume that they are an illegal and if they are an illegal you can assume that they are causing chaos!

[@fallbeansstreams]

Thanks Peter for looking at my country!!!!! Been waiting got it a long time!

[@robbbmm]

... Irish food is literally some of the highest-quality, most in-demand in Europe. It has some of the most arable, fertile land in Europe.

[@johnhynes6094]

This guy knows about 10% Of what he thinks he knows ,I have viewed him a few times and the world is always blowing up ,he reminds me of the crazy uncle who has always got latest on every conspiracy theory

[@stumac869]

The English and the Irish have far more in common than most outsiders realise because many of us have relatives in both countries. Better we work together.

[@ckpalmeiras1318]

I’d say it’s the other way around. To an external viewer they look like similar cultures. But once you work with both of them you see how markedly different they are. And then once you learn English is a very recent majority language in Ireland, with the US being a majority English speaking country long before Ireland (which only made a majority switch from Irish to English between 1830 and 1860) you can understand the cavernous underlying differences between a culturally Gaelic language and Catholic influenced population and a culturally Germanic language and Protestant influenced population. I’d argue the cities in the UK that feel quite unique - Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester to a degree - are so, because of the scale of their historic Irish immigration. They physically blend with the British but culturally change the landscape. The Irish are hugely positive about Latin Europe - as culturally Catholic countries tend to be - the British are not and much closer to Holland, Germany, etc

[@ALFarrell-kv6ok]

Absolutely true. The imperial England that we learn about in history books is long gone by several decades, and highly reformed.

[@Titanboru]

Agreed

[@USandGlobal]

When things aren’t so good anymore we both know that will change 😂

[@imixmuan9081]

Could not agree more. Most recent great British music is really Irish. Lennon and McCartney, Johnny Rotten, Morrissey and Marr, the Gallagher brothers, all descendants of first generation Irish immigrants to the UK. @@ckpalmeiras1318

[@philipberthiaume2314]

I would argue that since Brexit, Ireland is now the main point of entry to the EU for North America. It speaks English, is industrious and has level headed administrations.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Agree.

[@patrickjoseph1247]

Honestly he is speaking complete garbage..living in Ireland I can tell you he completely wrong.

[@tommytuctuc]

I’ve seen a few videos of this guy. He basically says everyone is doomed apart from the US.

[@thejacquoranda]

The opening of this is so wildly incorrect. We produce some of the highest quality food and drink in the entire world, specifically because of our climate.