Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.@@donbusu

[@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...

[@Titanboru]

Irish brew is the only one. Remember 'American Chopper' came and rode the ring. I done the trip in friend's car. Amazing!@@sailirish7

[@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.

[@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

[@Manty111]

Sorry you absolutely don't

[@qrterlber103103103]

Where is your fertilizer?

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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.

[@RobertMcCabe-c6c]

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

[@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 😆..💯

[@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.

[@HWEspana]

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

[@BingoFrogstrangler]

@@HWEspanayes and I bet they all have six fingers as well.

[@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

[@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.

[@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. 😆

[@h2489-m2l]

"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

[@h2489-m2l]

@@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@riffraff4]

@@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.

[@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.

[@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 ?

[@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...

[@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.

[@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

[@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…!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@noeldoyle4501]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@DNTWREX]

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.

[@WhimsicalShark]

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 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@mrboxtypants]

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.

[@discodunne]

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

[@fallbeansstreams]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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]

Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR. Aug. 9, 1999, Putin, prime minister. 9/11 n USA Patriot Act. Prince Magog succeds George S*r*s. Daniel 9,27 42 months. December 2022 to May 2026. Prince of Persia: Iran, Houthi, Hezbollah, Hamas. Wagner Group in Africa. Civil war, South Africa n Zimbabwe. 3rd Temple. 42 months. Young ones burn down Paris. Ten wars in seven months. 1# Treaty of Lausanne. Friday, April 13, 2029, Asteroid Apophis nearest to Earth. LHC explodes, CERN. DNA coated microchip. 4th Reich. 2# Serbia, Slowakia, Rome, one armoured army. 3# Belarus, Berlin, three armoured armies. 4# Tsunami hits London. 5# Martial law, Coup d'etat, American Revolutionary War. 6# Naval Battle of Lepanto. 7# Reunification of Korea. 8# Reconquista. 9# Battle of Birkenbaum. 10# Jerusalem. Wormwood. 1,000 years of peace. Population of France 1/2

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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.... 😛

[@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.

[@leya2623]

For the developed world, Ireland actually has a rather high fertility rate and stable demographic structure.

[@gerrycastlemanwarde5933]

I doubt Peter has been to Ireland!

[@BrainsInBlackButter]

I'm pretty sure he is referencing the native population. @easttowest7839

[@craigarnold9005]

The natives are moving to Oz(and they are welcomed),, and Ireland poulation is growing by eu and western eurpean refugees it wouldd seem.

[@Lewa500]

1.63 is nowhere near the rate of replacement.

[@bk99911]

@Svenskanorden1No, by far the biggest emigration populations in Ireland dare Polish, Lithuanian and most recently Ukraine and Brazil. All Christian countries.

[@andyds11]

Post Brexit Ireland serves as a perfect bridge between the US and the EU. Almost every significant American tech firm has a large presence in Ireland and post Brexit that is increasing since companies were based in London are moving to Dublin the fact that Ireland is the only significant English-speaking country in the EU that bridge is likely to remain in place, regardless of what the Brits do.

[@cobbler9113]

Depends. If the EU chooses to go its own way, it’s not going to want one of its most integrated member states (which Ireland very much is), to be cosying up to America. I have no doubt the Irish will fall into line as they do whatever Brussels tell them to do, but the EU’s security concerns will more than trump what suits countries with no to little influence (outside of trying to screw the UK over anyway) which Ireland is.

[@Thomas-w1l4w]

The best steak I ever had. The chowder with a cider was delicious. The soda bread , apple and rhubarb pies divine. You should try their seaweeds. Great roasted lamb and the breakfasts. Poor Americano, burger and plastic French fries eater. And the weather in summer is wonderful. Natural air conditioning and long summer days with great skies.

[@gregm4768]

Peter, thanks for all the free analysis.

[@johnnydynamite6460]

There's one key point which MR Zeihan is completely overlooking, the "no border in Northern Ireland". Anyting landing in Ireland can move to the North without a border, after which it is within the UK, Ireland hasn't lost his position as a bridge, it has been re-inforced tenfold, Ireland is in a unique position of being able to move goods in and out the UK without the red tape of a border crossing. Wether it's the the US or Europe, everyone is better off going through Ireland to acess the UK, and works the other way around too. ANd on top off that, it was the UK that was a bridge for mainland goods going to Ireland, all of that has been re-organized to bypass UK. Ireland is more of a bridge than it ever was between the UK and US/Europe

[@gardenjoy5223]

Totally agree.

[@MarkJones-si2bb]

Why? Because they didn't exit?

[@johnnydynamite6460]

@@MarkJones-si2bb Ireland never exited nor even considered it, only the UK did. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but due to fears of re-awakening the violence that ended with the Good Friday agreements, the deal with the Brexit was that there wasn't going to be a frontier re-instaured between Northen Ireland (Ulster) and the Irish Republic (Eire). Hence the unique situation of Ireand, every border of the UK is a non-eu member border with the EU, except in Ireland where there is no border between the UK and a EU member. A for countries like the US, the whole point of the EU is that you deal with the red tape once, then move around freely within the EU, which can still be done to acess the UK via Ireland, other than that you have to go through EU red tape, and UK red tape on top of it, which is way more hassle than routing through Ireland, which all companies are doing.

[@rtonib2103]

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

[@zorpswanson4031]

As a longtime fan and Irishman, so happy to finally see a video on us!

[@jackkelly6282]

Irelands growth is grossly over estimated. Intellectual property in apple phones for example is seen as an export for the Irish economy each time a phone is sold anywhere abroad & this over inflates Irelands economic outlook. There are over 56 multinationals in Ireland causing this problem. The EU tried to fine Ireland €20bn for over inflating their economy.

[@smcmorrow1]

You haven't followed that story very closely. Ireland had a ruling from eu Commission to collect 13.1 billion euros from Apple. It was claimed that a tax ruling from our tax authorities only applied to Apple. This is not the case , the same tax rules were used by other multi nationals. This ruling has been ruled against, and has been appealed again by the EU Commission. The 20 billion you claim was not due to our government or our central statistics office publishing over inflated GDP figures

[@jackkelly6282]

@@smcmorrow1 the laws around capital assets & intellectual property owned by multinationals & industries like the aircraft leasing industry are specifically designed to distort Irelands economic outlook. The EU fine was effectively an acknowledgement from the EU that they can see what Irelands doing.

[@cjbarber1030]

@@jackkelly6282 okay, then strip out the "capital assets & intellectual property" by using GNI*; Ireland is among highest per capita income economies in the world per GNI* per capita.

[@daraorourke5798]

I thought they trued to make Apple pay 20bn in tax to us - and other EU states

[@markocarroll9424]

My understanding of it is if these multinationals make a sale in the EU , say Austria, the sale is routed back through Ireland to pay the lower corporation tax rate here compared to other EU states This suits digital product companies the most

[@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.

[@g0anna]

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

[@letsRegulateSociopaths]

Chinese corruption in Guyana is thick....

[@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

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

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

[@Slava_Ukraini1991]

@@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!

[@Saintsfan_9]

Peter is an expert in oversimplification he takes the geopolitical situation and oversimplifies it to the point where it becomes digestible for a casual audience. It’s great for getting views but it often conflicts with the opinions of real intellectuals

[@DerekTJ]

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

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

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

[@mcollinss116]

Peter did a good job talking about the Northern Ireland question without actually talking about it.

[@kurtbecker3827]

In another video you mentioned the "uniqueness" of New Zealand when it comes to agriculture. It the same thing not true with Ireland. When you combine agriculture with technology you will find first class pastures in Ireland. Prosperous countries in the last few years have developed a taste for quality, regardless of the cost. Being a farmer is no longer the hunger job it used to be... I have a feeling, that Ireland could do themselves a lot of good when exporting quality dairy and meat products to the US...

[@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".

[@Scriobh]

🤣 This is kinda funny. Ireland is only now recovering from the famine of 1847 when the population was 8 million. Our current population level is 5 million. Also, our agricultural output (because you can't grow very much...) is enough to feed 45 million people. Getting our fisheries back from the EU, and running at max capacity agricultural output + "Victory gardens" means Ireland could feed the entirety of the UK and Ireland. Starving to death by the hundreds of thousands teaches you a lot about farming and food security. Love you, Peter but you're way off here.

[@MC_1965]

Island of Ireland now has a population of 7 million - the famine took place when Ireland was one country remember. So one million down on 1847/8

[@Scriobh]

Can't reply to your comment Michael but fair point. But let's look at the overall math. 5 million in the Republic, 700k of which are non-nationals and 250k non-nationals in Northern Ireland. So that's 7 million minus 1 million recent arrivals.

[@george2113]

Unfortunately the island of locusts is a very short distance away, and fertilizer, and hybrid seeds are going to be damn hard to obtain

[@d33w]

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

[@jasonquigley2633]

Limited cultural development? Sure, our food is kind of crappy (but no worse then the UK), but Ireland is famous for music(U2, Cranberries, trad), artists and writers(Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, frankly too many to name). Also, Ireland still has one of the higher birthrates in Europe, top 5 in Europe, and higher then the USA. It also has the ability to draw immigration (but this is currently limited by high housing prices). And strategically, Ireland is actually quite well placed, due to the fact that the USA consistently backs Ireland, largely for cultural/heritage reasons (Ireland is the only country with the privilege of having it's leader meet the US president every year). When it came to post-Brexist negotiations, the USA backed Ireland. In fact, Ireland's entire independence from the beginning has to a degree depended on good-will from the USA, which has always been plentiful. The UK's "special relationship" would likely disappear if it was seen to be bullying Ireland by typical American voters, many of whom have a (somewhat irrational) love for the place. Personally, I'd be more optimistic for Ireland's future then the UK's, provided it can deal with it's housing problems (which while acute, I think is easier then Britain's current stagnation to fix).

[@TalentSpotter83]

What often doesn't get mentioned (the same with the US and Nordic countries) is that Britain guarantees Ireland's security so your defence expenditure is lower and you can afford to spend more money elsewhere.

[@johnbest4513]

Was just in Dublin. I noticed there were a lot more immigrants, that all the new wealth is in infrastructure and not is buildings for family's. Dublin is wealthy and like a pocket London. Great city.

[@aikighost]

Many young Dubliners have zero chance of getting on the property market right now, there needs to be a price crash.

[@g-man4744]

​@@aikighostpretty much the same as in every other capital in western Europe

[@SilentEire]

@@g-man4744and from my own personal experience, it isn’t easy but it definitely is possible to get on the property ladder. It’s hustling not feasible to buy a 4-bed semi-D in your 20’s anymore. But that’s fine, I think our expectations are out of whack with reality

[@djl8710]

Gotta be honest I didn't understand this one. Phrases like, "bridge to anywhere" confuse me.

[@Slava_Ukraini1991]

for this video he just glanced at a map and came up with explanations that he thinks make sense.

[@df1985]

Ireland is incredible. A warm welcoming accepting country, you can be white black Asian gay straight or whatever else, as long as you’re a good person and willing to contribute Ireland will welcome you ☘️

[@gardenjoy5223]

Thank you. Agree with you. Will accompany you in 2024 :)

[@ruairi110]

What Ireland do you live in ffs. The Ireland I live in has rampant crime, people are ignorant and lazy, and in the rural parts racist. You're looking at Ireland with rose tinted glasses

[@ruairi110]

What Ireland do you live in ffs. The Ireland I live in has rampant crime, people are ignorant and lazy, and in the rural parts racist. You're looking at Ireland with rose tinted glasses

[@tt-vu3oz]

Two gay men were just beheaded a year ago by an algerian immigrant.....

[@gardenjoy5223]

@@tt-vu3oz It's time the world sees the muslim ideology for what it is: a highly aggressive excuse to hide behind in order to manipulate, oppress, rob and murder others. Not in all cases, of cause. But the islamic texts give rise to such criminal behaviors.

[@allstairs8726]

I feel I am qualified to comment on this topic, being Irish and living in rural Ireland. While I agree with much of what Peter has said, I don't agree with all of it. Firstly we live in a temperate climate, not too hot not too cold, ideal for agriculture, we grow a huge amount of food here, when I do my grocery shopping it is clearly indicated at the bottom of my receipt how much I spent on Irish products, it's usually around 80+% of my food shopping, not bad for "a country that doesn't grow anything", our food is also of the highest quality, maybe Peter should pay us a visit and indulge in some of our fine restaurants here, it really is World class. Since Covid there has been a shift back to rural dwelling, which has not abated, so the countryside is far from empty, WFH has had a dramaticly beneficial impact as has the National Broadband plan to bring fibre broadband to every corner of Ireland regardless of how remote. In fact the largest school in the Munster Province is not in the main city of Limerick but in the village of Hospital only 4 miles from me, with over 1200 pupils between 13 and 19. I am hearing a lot of talk that the UK will quietly and subtly rejoin the EU in all but name, I assume the EU will make some changes to allow that to happen. I can't forsee an all out war rekindling between our two nations as there has been too much mixing of the populations, for many reasons, not least of which is the Common Travel Area, in this way at least we are basically one nation, an English person can claim Social Welfare (security) here and an Irish person can claim it in the UK. There are too many British people living here and visa versa. I can definitely see closer relations between our two nations.

[@h2489-m2l]

And long may it continue

[@gardenjoy5223]

Which basically means you disqualify this man's negative outlook on life. And rightfully so. This man is a natural born pessimist in need of some therapy. Sprouting nonsense like in this video, is really stupid.

[@marcmccabe2010]

And aside from the quality of the produce which is internationally bought, our restaurants muchly thanks to immigrants (and general innovation) are amazing.

[@draziraphale]

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

[@solaman095]

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

[@owenintheagon]

Ireland's birth replacement rate is actually better than most other European countries. The problem is that the cities (there's really only two) are very expensive to live in. Lots of younger people will just emigrate rather than have to compete to stay in the overpriced cities (we speak English so there's a more options than most other European nations).

[@Barnaby33YT]

Well sort of English anyway.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Well, other places have become too expensive as well. It's a global issue. So unless you want to move to a third-world country and end up in a cannibal's pot, so to speak, it's best to stay in Ireland and redevelop agribusiness there.

[@BW022]

"Too expensive" is an excuse, not a reason. If a population wants to have children... they'll have them. If they don't... then there are a million excuses. If the Irish young wanted kids, they'd have them. Move out of the city, give up partying, holidays, high paying jobs, etc. and have them. Move in with your parents, work longer, etc. In terms of absolute purchasing power, those in Ireland have far more than those 50 or 100 years ago. And of course, things are expensive because... you don't have enough young people, cost of labor goes up, population ages, taxes go up to pay for the elderly, etc., etc.

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

​@BW022 "If they wanted kids they'd have them. Sure they'd have to give up almost everything in their lives but still!" K boomer

[@BW022]

@@DontDrinkthatstuff You just made my point. Exactly what would they be giving up? Travel, partying, fancy houses, not working extra shifts, etc.? Gee... you mean they'd have to live like their grandparents? In any society with a future, no one would even consider that a choice worth thinking about. Gee... your children or... some sort of "freedom" which society now says is more important than reproducing. For over 200,000 years people had children with far, far, less. They made it work. Family came together, young couples gave up luxuries, churches helped out, etc. In many places in the world today still do. They do it because their society, religion, culture, etc. value having children... and they make it happen. Ireland (and many western countries or large populations of them) have simply given up.

[@Keth417]

I suspect, as others theorize, that Ireland is doing now what they did in the mid 1840's in which farming was primarily dependent upon potato farming.The blight struck, famine followed (although some suggest the ruling British didn't help by exporting food out of Ireland at the same time) and millions died. Skip to today, and Ireland is primarily (or to a very large degree) dependent upon the large multi-nationals such as the IT/high tech industries. Should the MN's pack up and leave...... an economic famine could possibly ensue. The resounding question is what would cause the MN's to leave?

[@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.

[@cmleibenguth]

Do Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Northern Europe in general next For funsies: - Iceland - Greenland Too

[@garyswank1043]

Peter, one of these days, you should regale us with your hiking, backpacking, and mountain climbing feats and goals. We love the scenery.

[@zephsmith3499]

It makes me wistful for the decades I lived there. Happy where I am in many ways, but I loved Colorado.

[@AffyBoy]

9.6/10 ... the 0.4 is because I am mean :) [ actually this was 10/10 ] - thank you - PS ... I lived in Ireland when it was a 'poor' country - amazing to see its growth ... special too. ireland is special.

[@knoll9812]

Ireland is climbing the value tree. They are among mist productive and high earners in Europe.

[@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.

[@JinKee]

Ireland has U2. They don't ask Bono to pay any taxes so that he can help them out.

[@aikighost]

Bono pays his personal taxes just fine, the corporate entity known as U2 has some very good tax lawyers though 🤣

[@WhenItsHalfPastFive]

I have a couple coworkers who live in Ireland, and they always seem so happy there. Probably anecdotal, but worth considering. I think your take on Ireland is super pessimistic. Even if they're stagnating in terms of growth and population, I think there is value in developing a consistently happy society.

[@eamon22]

HE IS TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT THAT.... LOOK IT UP ! POP HAS INCREASED BY 20% IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS AND IS THE YOUNGEST IN EUROPE... HE NEEDS BETTER RESEARCHERS.

[@welshed]

There’s massive issues there with immigration and certain demographics not assimilating.

[@justinpaul3110]

Ireland has always had a knack for making poverty look so charming.

[@TheMayoDon123]

​@welshed Not true. We have a housing crisis, and the sole far-right groups have jumped on it.

[@Art-is-craft]

@@eamon22 The population growth Ireland has seen is down to the immigration child birth boom. Locals did have children just not at the levels the 20% increase would show.

[@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.

[@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.

[@drewsavage761]

If Ireland, and other European nations, were to open up its immigration to its diaspora, many Americans, Canadians, Australians, etc with Irish ancestry would move back. It’s frankly bizarre that European nations would rather bring in unskilled Africans over Canadian engineers.

[@walker9893]

It's not bizarre at all, this effectively protects the middle classes upwards from having to compete too heavily, while utilising foreign labour to do jobs people dont want to

[@TomBarryIreland]

There isn't a demographic issue. Most of what he is saying is just untrue.

[@Vicious471]

@@walker9893 this has always been and will always be a canard. "Foreign labor" is just a way of the elite class saying, "the native working class in my country expect to be paid a living wage and we can't afford to run our economy and stay wealthy without a serf class, so we'll import one to drive down wages." This was true in 19th century America with the Irish and Italian and Chinese immigrants, it was true with black slave labor in America and the later black internal migration, it is true today with hispanic immigration in America. There are absolutely no "jobs people don't want to do," while there are plenty of "jobs native people won't do for (sometimes below) minimum wage."

[@garthkite]

​@@Vicious471japan? Minus the demographic problems.

[@phueal]

Ireland does extend citizenship to anyone with a grandparent born in Ireland. So their diaspora is welcome to return any time they want.

[@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.

[@davidspencer3726]

"uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance" - as a Brit I'd say that is a remarkably accurate description of the current government.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I don't think we're uniquely incompetent. There are others as incompetent as us.

[@russellpengilley5924]

Do you agree with his assessment that it's only a matter of time before the UK joins NAFTA? As someone outside it seems like a fair option, but it does seem weird that the US would offer NAFTA and not be thinking of something bigger that could bring in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, etc...

[@peterincork3121]

The biggest problem is that someone needs to start the conversation about who you are in the modern world, with acceptance that the empire is over and not coming back. I don't believe you are anywhere near that point yet unfortunately, which is why that conversation won't happen for a while. Maybe it might come with the destruction of the Conservative Party, if that even happens.

[@neilfarrow1535]

@@peterincork3121 What makes you think any of us want the Empire back? I've simply never heard anyone in Britain say that, not even the Brexiteers.I've heard Remainers say that Brexiteers want the empire back, but they can't name anyone who has done so. For us, the empire is history

[@peterincork3121]

@@neilfarrow1535 That's the attitude mate... we're taking back control, the paddies will have to deal with us if they know what's good for them ...we can just apply for Irish passports...the EU will have to give us a great deal...we don't need the EU because we'll be trading with the world. It's cringe and I feel desperately sad for the remainers who have to put up with that nonsense.