The US vs. Itself - and Other Top Global Risks in 2024 | Ian Bremmer | TED

2024 will be a dangerous year for the world, says Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media. Forecasting the top geopolitical risks set to play out in the months to come, he untangles what's in store for the war in Ukraine, the state of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the tensions putting democracy in the United States to the test - all while AI continues to evolve faster than governments can regulate it.
This interview, hosted by TED's Helen Walters, was recorded on January 8, 2024 as part of the series "TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer." Watch more: go.ted.com/series/tedexplains...
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[@henrycardona2940]

This woman did great in not sticking her opinions into what he was saying. Proper hosting, some should take notes.

[@flickwtchr]

Shouldn't she interject at the point Brennan asserted regarding the election was stolen cult that it's "not Trump's fault"?

[@johnc3525]

Nah, sometimes it's good to challenge the guest, otherwise it's a monologue.

[@Ashleycorrie8494]

Our time had reached its zenith, and it is now over. Everything not just Banks, Stock including 401Ks, are suffering from the recession and crashes. My $750K retirement equity portfolio is losing money. Because of inflation, I keep losing. Similar to how Rome fell under its despotic emperors, this world will also. I apologise if you are considering retirement but are concerned that your pension won't cover the rising expense of living. There are terrible foreign policies worldwide, as well as disastrous regulatory, fiscal, and energy policies.

[@MichealTanner141]

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[@Bradleyschaeffer376]

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[@RandalHebert]

Could you kindly elaborate on the advisor's background and qualifications?

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[@Hexanitrobenzene]

As a side note, Ian's body language and voice inflections make me smile :) If the topics were not this heavy...

[@claudiaroedel1368]

Thank you for the shout out to the Antarctic Treaty System and the fact that it has managed the stewardship of that unique ecosystem is quite remarcable.

[@peterclarke3020]

Putin should not be rewarded with more territory.

[@otarimuradishvili5540]

That won't be up to us to decide

[@gezusmofo]

The war on Hamas is neither a war nor is Hamas the target.

[@adammitxhell2932]

this guy was so close to getting it

[@gtrdxz]

Boo hoo, nobody cares except the weak

[@RifndjsklljuwhdnchAfacnxla]

Hamas is just scamming money. Money donated is mean to provide food water and medicine to refugees and war victims not for them to buy weapons and use their people as shields. Millions millions spent was misused and corrupted. If you can get weapons like drones, missile, rifles why not generators for hospitals why not medication why not food? Why Arabs countries don't accept Palestinians? Why not giving them shelters? Arab countries are just war mongers supply Hamas money to buy weapon but not helping refugees just like how Baltics states did to Ukrainians. It is because cases like Palestinians extremist disguised themselves as refugees in Lebanon carried out terrorism and causing civil war in Lebanon. Lebanon now is still recovering from it. It is not cold hearted to not helping Palestinians but when people want to help, we need to think 1. Does the money donated is used to buy weapons or buy medication or buy luxuries by the Hamas leaders? Did our money reach to those in need, those that we wanted to help? 2. Is it safe to accept Palestinians refugees? Will there be any extremist that causing trouble to our country? Will they change our culture, stability of the society?

[@vincentwong1477]

It is a genocide.

[@kazuyani375]

What authority on the matter do you have over the person in the video?

[@ImperiumVita]

I always value Ian's presentation of the smooth brain take

[@shahramtorki560]

😂😂

[@cristinahague1433]

Very much so.

[@aburakadabura2]

It is very important to make the international community aware of the fact that invasion or annexation based on unilateral claims without UN approval, even though one's own country has not been attacked(extremely important), will only lead to backlash from the international community and economic exhaustion.This is the quickest way to deter sterile wars and save nations from unnecessary expenses.

[@et2709]

International community is well aware of US double standards and its hypocrisy.

[@et2709]

It's Internet age. Truth will prevail.

[@et2709]

It's Internet age. Truth will prevail.

[@et2709]

And UK as warmanger.

[@sabinehahn9774]

@@et2709 😂😂😂 good one!

[@Ludicanti]

Thank you for your solidarity.

[@thinktwice-me7ie]

Mr Bremmer is a gift to the world. Thank you for your work.

[@et2709]

Seriously? How little you know.

[@et2709]

Seriously? How little you know.

[@DarrenChen]

Thank you for this talk

[@edwardallangabor850]

I listened again, objective , yet hopeful in mankind.

[@harrieschoutenreizen4x4rei9]

very clear explanations about global developments by ian bremmer. impressed by his way of explaining, how all things are connected.

[@KJ-db7pt]

An informative subject under discussion by team of Ted members for knowledge and guidance for years to come

[@andypandy8569]

Outstanding. Thank you.

[@Dragon_Rider777]

Ted Talk has become more and more skewed over the last decade. I am very pleased to listen to Ian as he analysed each situation with facts, from a neutral point of view.

[@fraparn]

Ciao ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤

[@axoloneidolon4702]

He is clearly left leaning. Otherwise he would not get a platform to speak on TED ofc. But he pointed out at least the shortcomings of the Biden administration, to raise an alarm for the democrats, in hope to come up with something better...to have better chances to win the next election and stay in power. Later, he went downhill badly about the Ukraine war, which was basically just a political speech, not related to reality.

[@cristinahague1433]

Omg... a TDS candidate. What's happened to Ted talks?

[@scottwheeler4890]

What? "Neutral"? He ignores the mountains of facts showing the Democrat Party is the most corrupt institution in U.S. history, and nearly responsible for the erosion of trust of our other institutions, projects the real corruptions of the Biden DoJ onto the feckless Trump claiming that is his intentions. Trump can't even formulate an argument against the specious attacks laid on him, how is it he is going to proclaim himself a dictator? Bremmer's analysis is a real disappointment.

[@davereynolds3403]

His views are not neutral on the Ukraine war. He believes Putin is a fool or even perhaps evil. I strongly disagree with him. I’m with Jeffrey D Sachs and John Mearsheimer on this one. The USA & UK are to 100% to blame. Zelensky is a puppet to Anglo Saxon Imperialism and Putin is doing what Kennedy did during the Cuban Missile Crisis… exercising his right to keep the USA from building sites for hypersonic missiles in the Ukraine. They have already expanded NATO into more than 7 countries violating their promise to Gorbachev … we’re getting tired of arrogant self important Americans telling us what to do!

[@antoniete387-]

The US economy too is grappling with uncertainties, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

[@nicoled.conyers]

Absolutely right,Money invested is much more better than money saved, when you invest, it gives you the opportunities to increase your financial worth.

[@natashanile907]

Exactly,The key to financial freedom and wealth is someone ability to convert earned income into massive profit to build generational wealth.

[@RosellaLCraig]

*I'm with you the best way to build massive wealth for the next generation is to consistently invest in business and guard them grow*

[@PeterLDemby]

*Exactly and many of us don't know where to invest our money so we invest it on wrong place and to the wrong people*

[@edna.Chavis]

*Obviously talking about been successful, I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as mrs Ava Kimberly*

[@siedimani8770]

Great analysis!

[@mariaelenacastro6996]

Thanks Ian Bremmer for your toughts

[@sanjaya_ari]

28:45 to 29:20 what a statement

[@Toomanydays]

Capitalism for the poor, socialism for the rich

[@richarddean3154]

The host asks a brilliant question at the 6:35 mark - "whoever wins, things are not necessarily going to get better" - very wise. Mr. Bremmer's answer was significantly less so.

[@Riflenegro]

He's anti trump so hes not giving a fair balance point of view.

[@user-hv4kf5fv1j]

Watching from Nigeria ❤ love you American

[@Robert_Douglass]

Big . Concerning. Slightly confounding. Pretty much sums up the state of Human society just now.

[@winstonbarquez3373]

Implosion has been one of the fates of the most powerful countries in the world since the Roman Empire.

[@TheJoshuacheng]

True, but it goes way back beyond the Roman Empire, if you take a more global view of history

[@Alpharizzchad]

And they have nukes because of Pakistan remember that 😢

[@gabejva6071]

I love Ian for his perpetual honesty.

[@rose8968]

This is fantastic talk

[@dunamisneo]

Thanks, TED, for making this input & insight as genuine as possible. I've also learned a lot from your previous talked about The Next Global Superpower Isn't Who You Think | Ian Bremmer | TED

[@cb320]

Thanks, I feel i don’t have to watch or read News any more with this wonderful Summary, thanks Ian for your expertise and direct message! Very clear, easy to understand for normal people! 💯🤓🙏🏼

[@EliSMasih]

always have multiple sources of your news.

[@observerone6727]

United we stand, divided we fall. Unfortunately, stating long known truths like that doesn't suddenly cause us to unite, or change a damn thing about the choiceless automatic mindless group-think behavior of most humans.

[@johnswoodgadgets9819]

I am not sure how to fix that. We have lost our common base. From the onset the US had some underlying assumptions that, right or wrong, gave us the necessary consensus to make a republic function. Prior to the turn of the century, the vast majority of Americans wanted the nation to continue to progress in the context it always has and took for granted that was the best way. That requires a basic perspective of the overall goodness of the nation, so that regardless of other differences the basic structure holds. All societies rely as much on their myths as they do their facts, perhaps more so. We have lost our essential American myth and re-arranged the priority of the facts of history for the sole purpose of denigrating our own success. We have launched ourselves on a guilt-and-blame trip that has fomented a kind of universal neuroses. Madness, that feeds on itself as madness often does. The natural eternal internal struggles and doubts of our free people for the first time since the civil war disparages the very idea of the United States. That is a choice. The future is, as it has always been, a self-fulfilling prophesy. "A republic, if you can keep it." (Franklin) For the first time in my life I fear it is possible to lose it. Wealthy republics do not decline. They gradually devolve into empire, and empires eventually decline. Frankly, I would rather decline as a republic. But that is not the way of things.

[@TinkyLane.]

Great program🙏

[@DocMcCoy109]

Thank you

[@simoncarter7020]

A very encouraging and insightful series of thoughts Thank you both and Ian, you are a STAR.

[@cheersmodreams691]

I wonder if Ian would agree with the notion that the heart of the weakness in our political system is the distortions created by the electoral college and the practice of gerrymandering, both of which reduce the power of a persons vote and strengthen the ability of minority rule.

[@ITeachRick]

@cheersmodreams691 I wonder if you understand what the electoral college is? It is, THE way to even the score from highly populated and low populated states. Specifically, strengthening the voice of under represented people. As far as gerrymandering is concerned, there are recent videos of democrats supporting the influx of illegal immigrants, to give their districts enough fresh people to maintain their control. New York, Jerry Nadler wants the illegals to pick vegetables for cheap. Yeah, he really said that!!!

[@rain1956]

Also the Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited political donations. So now politicians answer to the corporations that buy them, not to voters.

[@sangria1able]

@@rain1956100%

[@ribkakeflay2670]

Enlightening. Thank you

[@marthafernandez9220]

Excellent information backed by good data. Very much appreciated. Peace for 2024 and beyond.

[@mc-lb9dk]

are u kidding me?

[@perfectfutures]

If I want to understand what's happening broadly and in depth, Ian Bremmer here on TED is where I'll go.

[@paulalofs4649]

Brilliant presentation. Clarity, logic, facts/evidence, I have followed and read so much if Ian's work over the years. This is the "best of the best". 2024 will be a year like no other and the risks are daunting...frightening really. Thanks Ian for your insights, clarity and brilliant talk. Every leader and politician in the world should watch this.

[@Sheyz123]

Great conversation.. very eye opening🎉🎉🎉

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

You guys are just better people than me , you were able to make that leap and i got hung up

[@Azel247]

I'm scared, and I'm not even American

[@otarimuradishvili5540]

Economy may not take it well... anyone can be touched

[@juliandunn8412]

Ian Bremmer is the smartest man in the room wherever he goes. I wish I could meet him.

[@evelynramos445]

Ian, deep research and commentator 1:34

[@sergegolay6876]

Brilliant

[@Wooster77]

The US should not involve itself in Mideast affairs at all.

[@user-og6qo6dh7i]

Please also cover AIPAC influence on US politics.

[@robertbarbosa5856]

Mr. Ian Bremmer is a super genius and has a wide and profound vision of the World scenario . Many Thanks 🥇🏆🌎🌐🌏⭐🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

[@johnbee7729]

And here I was, thinking that the greatest threat to our future would be a 100th anniversary repeat of the 1929 Great Depression. Hmmmm, some much bigger issues afoot - especially for those of us who live along the border with the USA

[@jetetarro]

Americans who live near the border should be the most educated on our foreign policy in latin america - and oppose our support for coups especially those in Honduras, oppose sanctions im venezuala and all the sabotage, support for death squads and any policy that destabilizes latin america and creates undocumented immigration to the U.S..

[@Socabebe]

Great talk with Ian Bremer per usual but @TED couldn’t you add chapters for each of the topics or consider this for future talks? Would be helpful.

[@edwardallangabor850]

Ian is always deeply thoughtful and articulate. Thank you. Al

[@amarpm1704]

Very informative TED Talk

[@healinghumanity1782]

The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Let’s be valiant & courageous while people all around us are cringing with fear & cowardice. Let’s not yield to the overwhelming power of tyranny & despotism. Let’s serve the cause of democracy & freedom. The trees of hope will become verdant & the threatening clouds shall be dispelled.

[@DFM3333]

❤Ian Bremmer is brilliant ❤

[@RussInGA]

well maybe we need to elect someone who isnt either Biden or Trump!

[@user-gf3lw5pi4t]

RFK❤

[@jeffharris8166]

Trump first then RFK.

[@lucibjlb]

I don't care who we elect as long as it's not Trump. In all seriousness, Biden has actually done a pretty good job, particularly since he's working with a very dysfunctional House. He actually has 46,000 projects going on all over the United States as a result of the infrastructure bill. You'll start seeing the benefits this year.

[@jeffharris8166]

@@lucibjlb Another Dem that can't keep his name out of their mouth. Orange man bad. You would vote for Biden???!! What in the actual...... people are right, we're screwed. Don't even know what gender we are anymore.

[@Wargasm54]

@@lucibjlb😂 Highest inflation in years, 2 proxy wars on the edge of teetering out of control, ridiculous cost of housing, more division in America, yeah….he’s done a great job 😂. Do us all a favor. Don’t vote.

[@davereynolds3403]

21 minutes I was following Ian … then he said “fast track NATO membership of Ukraine” and I got triggered. He says it could happen (even though he thinks it’s unlikely”… does anyone follow Jeffrey Sachs or John Mearsheimer ? how long will it take for the world to come round to the fact that maybe Zelensky is more of a comedian than a military strategist ? The idea that the West is always morally right about everything & the Russians, Chinese, Arabs & Africans are always unscrupulous may just be a grand delusion. Perhaps the partitioning of Ukraine needs to include an apology by Germany & France to Russia for violating the Minsk Agreements ?

[@user-gf3lw5pi4t]

We’re deep in the fourth turning❤

[@Robert_Douglass]

The fourth turning of what?

[@Alasdair37448]

what he's saying about AI terrifies me it makes me thing of some horrifying ultra-capitalist cyberpunk dystopia where big companies use AI to control every aspect of workers lives you live in next to absolute poverty while a small group of people are obscenely wealthy. That is some extreme nightmare stuff.

[@nickdanesh9179]

Very smart man

[@yulychan6648]

Is there no other better presidential candidates?

[@Robert_Douglass]

Haley Vs Williamson in November.

[@atlanticrf]

Only a crazy person would run for president, on either side, you and your family are so attacked that a normal person could not stand it.

[@rustylidrazzah5170]

There are better options for the general population, but there aren’t better options for the corporate interests and status quo.

[@VintageYakyu]

Having grown up during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, I honestly feel the world is less stable and less safe. Which is an odd position considering that nuclear holocaust was an every day possibility back then.

[@user-gf3lw5pi4t]

We have met the enemy and they are us

[@JamesChancy]

Not paid by Russian, but how do you define losing territory as winning? This is a good indicator that how truthful are your statements. And as per your claim, why expanding NATO worth so many people dying? Finally AI only concentrates power to the few whom owns the resources to buy and deploy AI. Many at the lower end of the current social structure will lose means of making a living!

[@barrykester]

Not paid by Ukraine, but winning would be considered by many to have their own right to self-determination and self-governance? As for the NATO comment, some would suggest that NATO expansion was caused by fear of political meddling and/or military invasion from Russia. This was seemingly warranted given what Ukraine has gone through between 2014 to now, if Chechnya and Georgia were not warning enough. I would reword you one sentence to "Was Putin's invasion worth so many people dying?" Finally, AI and automation has the potential to open doors for other means of living, but admittedly change is always stressful. Better to attempt to embrace its potential and democratize its use for everyone. Frankly, I would be more concerned about how a country like China could misuse this technology. Fundamentally, China's political system is rife with abuse of power: political patronage, coercive ideological conformity, state surveillance, state media control, and tight control of dissent. A major point here is never ever take liberal democratic institutions and your constitutional rights for granted.

[@dfrye9838]

Profound example of the Dunning- Kruger effect

[@IvanRodriguez-mu6bu]

Excellent analysis

[@barbaraguntfat3047]

I suggest TED & Wikipedia collaborate to be used together. What are your thoughts?

[@lanaranger7339]

Ian Brenner, in my opinion, is a rear and honest analyst.

[@stuartwray6175]

'a rear' Lol.

[@MrKansaitim]

Bottom line: decline of an empire

[@jayashreeacharia6782]

This is a conversation to be listened to and understood by everyone inhabiting this planet.

[@RegCostello]

Unfortunately American democracy is in this state because there are absolutely no restrictions on lying by media organisations. Here in the UK we have a body - Ofcom - that has the power to fine media outlets for breaches of its guidelines on impartiality, truthfulness, and ethics. The fines are much too small, but if the US had introduced something like it 30 years ago Trump would never have got elected and politicians would still be behaving normally.

[@maxranger5710]

Great talk by a very insightful thinker!

[@gregwang8628]

What is democracy in the West? Or Plutocracy rather?

[@golddigger8759]

Mr Bremmer is probably the best and most trustworthy expert on geopolitics today.

[@ripkm-iwaly]

The recent exponential technological development has come to the point that it is easily one of the biggest achievments in human history...now what are the consequences...we'll know when we see it

[@mariaelenacastro6996]

Excellent analysis of risks in Palestine-Israel, Ukraine, EU vrs Russsia common sense that would be very useful in USA politics, because of its power and UNO that has proved so far ineffectual.

[@Davitofrito]

Tds off the charts

[@carolime13]

you know, the early comment section is a wonderful slice into exactly what this whole video is about. you've got your ethot accounts with booty pics, your clear bait trolls that can't even spell the thing they are insulting correctly, and the chance real comment that are longer than the others. i hope every one who reads this tries to be a bit kinder in their daily life, we all could use it

[@Nightagain]

Sooooooooo… I don’t have a bachelors or a masters or any type of education about anything that he just said but my common sense was able to intellectually or magically picture this outcome months before. Now, WTF ARE THE EXPERTS DOING ?

[@dennisg8164]

There is no such thing as common sense. It's a usa myth. There is only: Good sense, bad sense, no sense and for the ignorant majority, nonsense 😅

[@bluxmitalnoda3225]

surprisingly there are many who have a bachelors or a masters or any other type of education who believe trump's populism and became members of the trump cult. And they cannot figure this out on their own. They just "love trump"

[@izziebon]

Excellent analysis. The ‘blue sky’ view also has another layer. As an ardent Bible student, seeing thousands of unerring Bible predictions… I can see the universal view of it also, with the “Prince of Persia“ and “Prince of Greece“, and their world divided between east and west (or ‘king of North’ and ‘King of South’ as described in Daniel chapter 11).. This is all behind-the-scenes. Read chapters 10-11!

[@ebbkkell326]

Those who benefit most from this country, and those who claim they run this country should have known all these if we were to say this country leads the world in terms of democracy, economy, technology and military might but all the above people are proving to the world that this country is not the way the whole world think it is.

[@peterclarke3020]

Ukraine having to split its territory is not a good solution. The US should support Ukraine to win.

[@ryanzhang701]

Why don’t you go there by yourself and show your real support?

[@michaeljohnston8752]

I think declaring that America is at war with itself is a tad over dramatic at this point. The overall climate isn’t great, but let’s not say the sky is falling just yet.

[@masterplanner4843]

one of the top geopolitical risks is watching, TED .

[@len2063]

It don't matter who win in the two party state of US. More importent thing how independent China, Russia and India will evolve.

[@crypticTV]

Mind you this guy has a record of being about 50% right. If you predict something and flip a coin you have as much chances of being right as this guy 😂😂😂😂

[@pwp8737]

can you provide the imperial evidence to back up your claim? Or is this your gut "feeling" disguised as a statement of fact?

[@mrclarkson3812]

When someone says the debate is over ,and everyone agrees they want complete control!

[@aussietroll7873]

Ian.. I love listening to your analysis. You lost me however when you talk about the partition of Ukraine. That the entire Western alliance is not able to overcome a belligerent country with the economy of Texas, well, you’re presenting a bizarrely pathetic argument. We actually need to lean-in and show them who’s boss. Any other outcome is amoral, defeatist and kicking the can down the road.

[@Glynn54]

The economy isn’t the problem.Russia has an overwhelmingly larger population…140 million to 36 million..We can only send weapons because Ukraine isn’t part of NATO. If the Republicans get back in, aid to UKRAINE will disappear.

[@Glynn54]

The economy isn’t the problem.Russia has an overwhelmingly larger population…140 million to 36 million..We can only send weapons because Ukraine isn’t part of NATO. If the Republicans get back in, aid to UKRAINE will disappear.

[@Xyz23454]

Will the US give up the USD as reserve currency without a fight withChina

[@pavitratakle177]

He reminds me of Woddy Allen

[@XTGVJ]

1. A peace treaty that permits Ukranian NATO accession does not appear to be a proposition the Kremlin will accept. 2. Comparing Rwandan or Armenian genocide to Ukraine-Russia, and arguing Ukraine Russia will breed similar sentiment, is a statement with no evidential basis and is a severe overreach.

[@maxvayz2351]

Thank you for bringing this up. Ian is spreading the "simplistic" cool aid which is what most people want to consume and totally misses the point of what Russia considers a win. Saying that Russia is at a loss confirms his lack of understanding what moves and motivates Russia. Not sure if he misses the point or does it on purpose... Russia will not allow Ukraine to get accepted by NATO. Any peace deal will include Neutrality clause. If not, Russia can sustain a 4-5 year war and inflict enough damage to take over most of Ukraine, regardless of the condition of the land, economy etc. Russia does not look at Ukraine as a contributor to economy. Not as a major objective. In the long term they can have it rebuilt anyway. Look at Crimea.

[@SakbuinJoseph-el7nb]

This is ideology fighting reality this man can only express him self in a well prepared platform for him

[@lynnwilliams4024]

Correct

[@SquizzMe]

The moralizing in his answers is glaring.

[@BitcxinGxd777]

BULLY MAGUIRE WINS 🎉

[@OneAmongBillions]

Thank you, Ian Bremmer, for your admirable effort to arm us all with insights to put down the malignant nacissists who so recklessly threaten humanity's well-being and progress. Since 2015, for me personally at far too late an age, it has been clearer and clearer that we all are beginning to see and understand who in our populations have historically corrupted our safety, security, happiness, and grossly hindered the realization of our potential for a good life for all. Time for us to effectively wield due process to disempower bad actors.

[@flickwtchr]

Saying that the distrust in US elections "isn't Trump's fault" is NOT admirable.

[@OneAmongBillions]

@@flickwtchr I think you may have misunderstood Mr. Bremmer. If Mr. Bremmer truly meant that Trump has not sowed distrust among the American electorate, then I would agree that Bremmer's viewpoint is not admirable. However, I'm confident that Mr. Bremmer actually meant that we cannot focus solely on one low-life (Trump) but need to hold accountable all the others (corrupt billionaires, political, corporate, and thought leaders). Do you agree with what I am saying?

[@flickwtchr]

@@OneAmongBillions I'm reacting to what he actually said, not what your interpretation is of what he didn't say.

[@johnridd7547]

What a valuable and important message for the voters of the USA.

[@amaneatingwatermelon8885]

Such a good idea that Russia lost all the trade opportunities with US and Europe, which will damage Russia in all matters. But just one question, why Russian’s economy is growing? What makes that happening? Is because of the sanctions? I am really curious.

[@pwp8737]

a war economy can be booming, but you are not producing anything of value or creating investments. Building factories to build tanks that get your soldiers killed increases GDP but impoverishes you in the long-term.

[@ITeachRick]

@@pwp8737 I'm curious, where did you get this analysis? Do you know any American history? Only Vietnam, and maybe the Koran war, has the USA had negative repercussions from war. It has been Biden and Yellen who have been pushing for the current wars and say "we can afford" 2 wars, maybe another.

[@war-painter]

russias economy is growing because the man who writes the list for the economic index wrote a bigger number than the time before.

[@donthatethegame42]

Thankful that as of early May 2024, he seems off on the prediction of Israel / Gaza spinning into out of control external conflict. I know it can change but currently hopeful for general de-escalation. He also seemed skeptical of a level of financial support to Ukraine than what has already happened. (Not trying to sharpshoot him from the future, but just generally, I'm glad that a number of his more pessimistic scenarios may not be panning out and hoping that might apply to others.)

[@DarkSkay]

US politics look very bipolar, compared to democracies where parties often need a coalition to govern, where emerging parties have realistic chances to compete with the established ones. When only two parties share almost all political power, (tacit) agreement on systems favouring their shared dominance will be inevitable. An oligopoly.

[@michaelcurran9830]

Like he started ,the main problem is the demacratic system in the usa and thats going to get worst :

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

If your system is so weak and dysfunctional, you have the wrong system.

[@Killane10]

Ian needs to watch "Ukraine on Fire" to get a broader perspective

[@meatychunkz8875]

What a switched on fella