What in the World is Happening? A Fireside Chat with a Geopolitics Expert, Peter Zeihan

On June 29, both live and virtual at Burr & Forman's Birmingham Office, author Peter Zeihan discussed world developments including Ukraine, supply chain issues, the impact on mid-term elections, and more.
Peter Zeihan has been featured in and cited by numerous newspapers and broadcasts including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, AP, Bloomberg, CNN, ABC, The New York Times, Fox News and MarketWatch.

[@chrishooge3442]

I found Peter Zeihan in 2021 at the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I went back on YT to 2014 when he was hawking his first book. Between 2014 and 2021 the feel of those talks was he was having to convince people that what he was saying was based on real data, demographics, geography, economics, etc. Everybody was freaking out about China and deciding whether they liked Putin or not based on their political affiliation. Nobody is really challenging him anymore. His talks and books have largely become prophetic and they just want to know what's coming next.

[@PeerReview-tq3pn]

The pgozin points seem very wrong. But who knows

[@TimothyKirkby]

I've heard Peter Zeihan talks so often, but they never get old. It's just all so straightforward.

[@kimpreston3628]

You had me at “kids - +1 because that’s how you find out it’s to many kids” Great start 😂

[@romlyn99]

I lived in Japan for 22 years and have a family in Japan. One thing I would say is that the cost of food and the quality of the diet is much better than western countries. And this might seem like a small thing to some. The cost of food, the availability of good food has a run on effect in the economy. And this is where the US, UK and Australia have a huge problem. Because of the addiction to sugar and the use of HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) in all processed foods, we see obesity, cancer, heart disease and diabetes rates skyrocketing. In the UK they amputate more limbs each year due to diabetes than all of the amputation due to war. So this is why Japan is aging gracefully and in general are more healthy and productive in old age.

[@John-uh8kl]

Japan, nutrition. One you're right, ok, supermarket food is often false, treated for shelf life, doctored so as to oblige the no sugar lunatics, and then, the buy food with, fat, sugar, carbohydrate, with no food in it. Two, all, ALL thw health maladies you draw our attention to are caused, thw chief, major cause, is thw hate orchestrated against the West, it's populations.

[@User-54631]

Japan also leads the world in automation And Americans don’t exercise at all. Not this American but most. I’ve read a poll from Japanese woman a few years ago that between the ages 18-24 if memory serves despise sex. That’s a problem

[@samuelphillian1286]

Japanese kill themselves before they get the diabetes

[@joezop]

Sugar. Yes what you eat matters... I stooped the Sugar in 2007. I mostly cook for myself becouse when eating out you never know what your getting... Food in the States is mostly unhealthy.....

[@robertstout7756]

With a background like that Romlyn you must have some thoughts about why Japan has maintained its diet, while much of the western world has gotten so unhealthy.

[@johntc03]

Peter is great. And this was always going to be the decade he got popular.

[@highandlow1748]

I see what you did there! Lol

[@VernRozelle-kn7wf]

Yep

[@goldeternal]

he is good at pouring honey in the ears of americans

[@jefffowle7015]

​@@highandlow1748Touche!

[@jefffowle7015]

Touche'!

[@jarrettbobbett5230]

Been following Peter for Many years now & this is one of the best formats I have seen. Great job by the hosting organization.

[@robertpendrick341]

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[@anthonycordova3481]

❤

[@HanSolo__]

Thats all great but Japan has 1500 years tradition of taking an orphan or a young worker as their son/daughter. Blood bonds are not as important to them as deep friendship and relations in family.

[@HanSolo__]

Thats all great but Japan has 1500 years tradition of taking an orphan or a young worker as their son/daughter. Blood bonds are not as important to them as deep friendship and relations in family.

[@KahurangiSteez]

I still don't know what to make of Peter, but I like to check in now and then with an open mind and full belief he's a bit of a crackpot. Whatever people think of his opinions, they're unique and interesting, and a diversity of conversation is never a bad thing.

[@User0resU-1]

He's turning out to be wrong about almost everything, which is quite an achievement. He's clever with facts and details, but a fool to his own mental biases, hence can't think objectively about the big picture.

[@grebulon9558]

Yeah. That's why I check-in with Peter from time-to-time too. I also think he's way off the mark on a lot of things, but he's worth listening to for broadening perspective.

[@2ifbysea]

Remember, he sells lots of books!!

[@thepianoroommusic]

@@User0resU-1Im new to geopolitics, what are some things he has been wrong about? And what are some things he has been right about?

[@youknowwho5900]

@@thepianoroommusic Well, I certainly will not be doing your homework for you but I tried following PZ some time back and after a long break got here only out of curiosity to see if anything in his "analysis" has changed. Nope, he drums the same beat over and over. The US's doing great, China's dying, Russia's dying. Had to stop watching around 15mins when he's got to Russia with same "dying" thing saying that 50 odd invasions failed due to bad weather. I guess, London must be the safest due its to shitty weather. :-) His military expertise is beyond laughable. Well, as the rest of his "analysis". I am sure some of his childishly-exuberant followers might disagree.

[@peteygonemadarts4765]

Another big difference between pre world War 2 and post world War 2 is the overall home structure . The city has always been kind of different but most American families lived together in same house or on same property for generations. Basically most Americans didn't leave home and therefore there was not a major issue with childcare or senior care because the family took care of this as a natural part of the household. This doesn't mean even in this structure no one left home but most either didn't or returned. Interestingly this trend also coincides with the collapse of family generational wealth . So while some unjustly say youth staying home longer is un-American is egregiously untrue but the fact that youth staying home tend to contribute less to the household is new in this general traditional household .

[@User-54631]

I’m American my group of friends were out of the home by 19. We grew up in the 90s

[@peteygonemadarts4765]

@@User-54631 so did most kids post WW2 ... point is prior to WW2 it wasn't uncommon for the opposite.

[@clarencebillette1792]

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[@sunnyseacat6857]

Out of the home at 17-18 for those kids who went away to college; community college kids were the ones who stayed home for the duration of college. Staying home or living with ones parents was definitely looked down upon in the 80s. Pre WWIi - agricultural lifestyle for those NOT in cities. Growing your own food was a non-negotiable. Creation of cities lured people off farms/self-sufficiency to perhaps higher paying jobs but at what cost? Incompetence in food sovereignty and placing a paycheck before tangible skills. Computerization of the workplace further created a non- skilled population and hence, perhaps, a reason college students stayed at home or moved back home after college: laziness and lack of mental fortitude. Sitting behind a computer is not a skill, neither is pushing a cart down a food aisle in a food store. "Young" adults today are not skilled like youth prior to WWII, the great game changer in the 1900s along with the office lifestyle/ mentality.

[@gailforce]

There's so much superfluous work being done in modern societies. Yes we don't have the workers to maintain the socio- economic system we've developed since the 70s, OK its time to rethink that system.

[@hill2750]

The managers and administrators could do with thinning out

[@RecessionJobSearcher]

Rethinking and creating/ evolving the system means you have to go against the status quo which generates its own fractions and resistances. I agree with you but it is a monumental yet necessary task

[@jeremytaylor3532]

That is actually the problem not the solution. People tearing down our systems without comprehending how we actually got here from there. The fact that schools are not creating enough engineers to keep the infrastructure running and having to import 95% of the real labour due to kids being destroyed one way or another. If we were a closed society like China we would have collapsed 20 years ago. Due to idiots running the schools, institutions and government agencies.

[@rolandvantol2338]

Fascinating that your vieuws are so positive regarding the position of Ukraine. I’m not sure what to make of it. Where do you get your intel?

[@Koz4concern]

Zohans intel comes from his wild imagination. He does throw in a few facts here and there to gain some cred, but overall his opinions are laughable at best

[@Markdmarque]

He has been paid to say positive things about a very bad situation for Ukraine and the west

[@NathanShattuckIsHere]

I’ve been fascinated by Peter’s demo/econ/pol analysis for a while, but the longer you listen to him the clearer it becomes that he’s a clever mouthpiece for Establishment preferences (western governments, multinational corps, media corps, Democrats/Labor/Liberal parties, etc).

[@rolandvantol2338]

@@Koz4concern Thank u, other people told me the same.

[@12235117657598502586]

Only 167 comments… After nearly half a million views?! Something isn’t adding up here!? 🤔🤔🤔

[@JP-dh4mm]

Unfortunately I'm rapidly losing confidence that Peter is giving us unbiased analysis of things, particularly the situation in Ukraine. No genuine military commentator or even competent observer would share Peters positive outlook for the success of the AFU. I'd prefer to just get the truth straight, no matter how difficult that is to digest.

[@alderontyran]

I've gotten the same impression...

[@user-mq1up2fw4r]

It's pretty stunning how biased some great intellectuals are with the Ukraine conflict. It's clear Ukraine is washed.

[@tonyr4873]

Also seems very biased against Trump, unreasonably so.

[@imcbocian]

It no bias. He just not completely know what he is talking about and hugely oversimplifies

[@Pistolita221]

Ukraine's capabilities will increase once they get a majority of the tanks, jets, missils and other complex systems so while they've slowed now, they'll hopefully regain momentum.

[@basic48]

What you are providing Peter is the most important information regarding Geopolitics that anybody could give...outstanding. Thank you for presenting this highly professional and information dense video.

[@cokrlicix]

Almost half a million views and only 160 comments, all of them assertive...what a joke

[@bobmcmanis]

Excellent ! He really shows us and communicates the current situation.

[@nicksanta]

Hello Thankyou Burt and Forman! Appreciation to Mr. Peter Zeihan. Regards

[@Johnconno]

Chaos, Greed and Stupidity reign.

[@phoenix92890]

Wow man. I learned a lot. Thank you for actually explaining what I'm seeing

[@romlyn99]

Intel, Samsung, Micron and TSMC have all announced and are currently building high-end chip Fabs in the USA. So they are already planning for when they lose chip fab from Taiwan and China.

[@Archibald_von_Munch]

Well, old Peter just lost me by bad mouthing Tucker Carlson. That is the grain of salt you have to take with you dose of “Peter Z”. He has a lot of wonderful data and I don’t necessarily disagree with many of his theories on what outcomes will be, especially related to demographics. However, never forget, he is a globalist and uni-party man who seems to love the main stream media and all the dross they dish out. I still do love his presentations except when he talks about anything having to do with Trump simply because his responses are knee jerk globalist responses.

[@PatriciaGoodsonpianist]

Does anyone know where Petr gets the idea that the Russian system of education collapsed in 1986? I have heard him say this elsewhere, but it’s such a broad, sweeping statement that I can’t imagine what form this collapse might have taken, and why. They seem capable of producing armies of hackers, if nothing else. Is he speaking about engineering?

[@anthonygreen6219]

I was going to mention that this is a real exaggeration that Russians are not educated. Again a remark hat sounds like a US three letter agency. I have heard that Russian students read at a higher level than US students. I believe a good part of the data otherwise is reliable, but his insight into it is deeply tainted.

[@alexharnden7121]

Are you on CIA’s payroll Mr Zheihan?

[@jhrusa8125]

He's a consultant for the CIA .

[@Handleneeds3ormorecharacters84]

Peter has touched the sun, "Tucker is a russian asset."😂😂😂. Oh, and whats happening to trump isnt a Banana Republic judicial system. 😂

[@inzhener2007]

Peter, the Nord Steam is no a single pipeline. I twas NS1, consisting in fact of 2, and newly build NS2, also of 2 line with cross connector.

[@HailCaesar-lm4bq]

AMERICA wanted pipe closed to keep EU dedicated to the cause

[@leenickshramko1100]

The delay by the west last year allowed Russia time to put the mines and dragons teeth in place. Our fault.

[@rolandvantol2338]

Germany choose, yeah right but under immense pressure from the friendly US of A. Because there was a risk that Germany would lean towards Russia. Anyway your vieuws could also be very wrong…..As I think. Greets, roland from holland

[@86_Nix]

And Germany influences policy in Scandinavia... Scary.

[@kitkakitteh]

Half of the “expert” are screaming about World overpopulation, the other half are warning of population collapse😂

[@ericmcmanus5179]

America blew up the pipeline because then, any country that sided with Ukraine wouldn't be able to turn back once their economic problems started hurting them. America figured that if everyone sided with the Ukraine, and THEN they blow up the pipeline, they have public agreements from everyone and now will never be able to take it back. Its not hard to see this as a reality. The idea that America wouldn't force another countries hand on foreign affairs is laughable

[@jeremytaylor3532]

We know that a private Yacht was seen on satellite leaving a Polish Port and going to the area days before and returning to port afterward. The Polish and Ukrainian governments deny involvement. However this operation could easily have been carried out by anyone with Seal type training. Even private individuals like a Wagner group or a western equivalent.

[@Worselol]

​@@jeremytaylor3532something like this can't happen without US approval.

[@imcbocian]

​@@jeremytaylor3532Dude. Where can you rent a yacht with huge decompression chamber, heavy duty diving equipment for at least 3 divers and other specialised tools? It is not recreational diving in coral reef 😂 Marine monitoring registered only few fat dudes with fishing poles, coolers and few backpacks. That was just false trail. Even if you find such a specialised yacht (and that wasnt one of them) you would need it for at least four days. Or four of them. Forget You need submarine to do this effectively and unnoticed.

[@chadwells7562]

Good analysis. Of course that’s why we blew it up. Now the Russians don’t have any leverage on the rest of Europe. I’m not sure why people are talking about yachts and divers. The US has nuclear submarines specifically equipped for specical ops support and underwater autonomous vehicles, it’d be child’s play for us to blow up an underwater pipeline.

[@gloriaharbin1131]

Thank you so much for sharing this on KZbin.

[@ronnatalia3130]

I hope the social credit system goes down as well

[@thinman8621]

Mr. Zeihan reports Tucker Carlson's syntax is indicative of Russian influence. Oh boy!

[@TinoTM1986]

Many great points. I’m not sure where the animosity against trump comes from & the hatred for Russia. Would it be such a bad thing to have peace with Russia?

[@SueFerreira75]

Read extensively Russian history and politics to understand - US history too

[@NathanShattuckIsHere]

The part about Tucker Carlson statements having a Slavic syntax was hilarious and ridiculous. After 7 years of 24/7 unhinged screeching about Russia controlling every aspect of US govt, social media, elections, etc now obviously complete rubbish, it’s hard to believe anyone would still voice such blatant silliness with a straight face.

[@michaelmulcahy2277]

Thank you Peter, that was really interesting.

[@wadedavies3924]

The resources that provide Peter's data are probably three letter agencies but it doesn't discount the validity of his conclusions. We just need to be aware of whom is pushing this dialog.

[@tonyr4873]

Yeah, and he seems to be very unreasonably anti-Trump. Called him 'under indictment', without mentioning that they are BS indictments.

[@simonmasters3295]

Narrative, not dialogue? Surely?

[@wadedavies3924]

@@simonmasters3295 corrected again. I'm trying to be positive, damn it!

[@bubbajones6907]

​@@simonmasters3295 "Narrative" is their euphemism for "telling stories".

[@simonmasters3295]

Apologies for pedantry, on distinguishing narrative (storyline) from dialogue (learning through discussion), but it felt important to suggest that we are all fed narratives and are therefore challenged to maintain an open mind. I am saying conversation is often delightful and enlightening. Curiously both words have to do with illumination.

[@gonzalesorgaz735]

However much of the inflation is driven by corporate greed

[@2ifbysea]

Yes, but what precedes that is revving up the economy with a supercharged printing machine designed to rev the economy with money flowing everywhere to start a massive rug pull on the middle class; print trillions of dollars, create massive inflation, then increase interest rates to then crash economy, (which is coming), then the elites buy all the depressed property assets and depressed stocks after the crash. And the cycle begins again! The wealthy get wealthier and it starts every time with massive printing of dollars!! Americans are too damn dumb to vote for an outsider like Vivek he’s our only chance of changing the system.

[@gagamba9198]

Peter is a bit incorrect about Russia's 'bad weather' ejecting invaders. The Mongols weren't ejected by that. The Mongols were acclimatised to even worse weather and their ponies were tougher than the warriors. They succumbed to infighting and fractured. The Golden Horde was one of successor Mongol khanates, occupying southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Central Russia south and east of Ryazan. The Germans in WWI weren't booted due to weather. They defeated Tsarist Russia and the new governing Bolsheviks surrendered an enormous amount of territory. It was the western Europeans defeating Germany that forced Berlin to give up these winnings. In WWII Germany's poor logistics had the panzers outrunning the horse-and-wagon infantry and logistics. (The same was happening in North Africa when Italian merchant vessels were sunk, depleting Rommel's supplies and ending his offensive capability tin Egypt.) This was happening in summer and autumn in the USSR. Fuel, lubricants, spare parts, food, fodder for the horses, medicine, etc were affected by the over-stretched lines of communication. This prevented the Germans from pressing the advantage, allowed the Red Army to regroup and dig in. But, Germany's tactics were better suited for western Europe where British and French ran out of room to manoeuvre. The USSR had abundant space to manoeuvre, though Stalin misused this advantage. In 1941 the USSR had even worse logistics than the Germans. By 1944 its logistics were mechanised and radio transmitters were a force multiplier.

[@Mike-gi2oi]

He’s just doing his job for the CIA. Leave the man alone. If the US elite thought he was right they would have attacked Russia long ago. 🤣

[@dantegray1994]

This was an excellent conversation.

[@szaveljev]

"We're going to see the end of the chinese system within a decade" 2010. jan. 22. Peter Zeihan, Business Insider: I would say we expect the economic collapse of China in this decade Lol. Zeihan predicts this for at least 15 years, still did not happen. This is not an analysis, this is wishful thinking.

[@ethanethan5434]

博主的观点是，台海战争或者中日战争时，中国必完蛋。因为美国对中国石油禁运，但是中国无法对破坏日本的石油线路，因为1美国的太空武器对中国有决定性的压倒性优势，2日本有fully blue water navy,中国没有。他还认为，人口老龄化或者政治危机会让中国在十年内崩溃。各位认同吗？？

[@williamlloyd3769]

Regarding speakers comments - Murphy's First Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. This is probably the outcome of any Western Pacific Ocean war. It will be an incredible waste of lives and material. Hope we don’t stumble into a war.

[@ethanethan5434]

@@williamlloyd3769 I'm not a military fan, so I'm not going to argue about whether China has a fully blue water navy and the ability to disrupt the oil routes of the island nation of Japan. Although the US Navy report published by the US media "Power" magazine in 2023 pointed out that China's warship construction capacity is 230 times that of the United States, 23.25 million tons vs 100,000 tons. Although in 2022, China's manufacturing value added accounted for nearly 30% of the global share. Apart from the Taiwan Strait, there is no reason for a hot war between China and the United States. But the Russia-Ukraine war, which lasted more than a year, shows that the United States will not go to war for Taiwan

[@luckybait]

@@ethanethan5434 Remember , the USA may not send troops but it is clear they will send weapons and supplies and nuclear weapons. China will suffer a complete break down under sanctions… There fuel will be cut off and it seems they just made a really, really, really stupid decision NOT to run pipelines from Russia and This has made Putin distrust China 🇨🇳 even more!!!

[@killianthegrunt]

I like Peter and I've read almost all of his books. He has great insight and information on certain topics but when it comes to talking about war, politics, and propaganda he's a prime example of a professional who has "drank the kool-aid" and is just parroting talking points and buzz words that have either been given to him or that reinforce his own biases. Maybe both? 🤷‍♀️

[@NathanShattuckIsHere]

I’ve been fascinated by Peter’s demo/econ/pol analysis for a while, but the longer you listen to him the clearer it becomes that he’s a clever mouthpiece for Establishment preferences (western governments, multinational corps, media corps, Democrats/Labor/Liberal parties, etc).

[@johnl.7324]

Do you have any specific examples? He did predict Rusisa would invade 2022 in 2014...

[@WindingEssensialsTogether]

​@@jamartin888 Well for starters Georgia....

[@dicksonluiakitperday2532]

He have been predicting the collapse of China since the 2010. He is wrong every single time and there is no need to listen to this moron.

[@mmmdesignllc]

I've listened to Peter a lot. Love his economics but he leans left. It's interesting that the corruption by the CIA, FBI, DOJ or even the President is ever mentioned in these discussions. Just heard the comment about rule of law. Wow. Listen to his economics, leave the political questions to others.

[@beerman204]

Peter seems to work for himself, while most pundits in USA these days owe their allegiance to some entity above them who they must not cross.

[@ericmcmanus5179]

We better not lose high end chips. Im not gonna stop upgrading my gaming rig. No way man.

[@Pistolita221]

The market is kinda crappy for gpu's anyways so...

[@johndodson8464]

46:08 pretty darned prescient. This was recorded June 29. Bridge was blown on July 17.

[@andreww4898]

Sounds Peter just saying something which the western is willing to believe

[@VisualGeopolitics]

Credit to Peter for delivering geopolitics the way he does. So refreshing.

[@Plainbrain24]

You lost me when you touched the matter of who blew up the pipelines. What a joke.

[@noticedruid4985]

While i really like Zeihans work, I think his take on Trump is incredibly ridiculous.

[@htown148]

Because he doesn't support a domestic terrorist? The only people who disagree with his trump take is you MAGAts

[@gilligan87]

Great talk, with the usual caveats. Peter knows so much, but when he starts talking about technology, I always find myself heaving a big sigh and thinking about skipping. I usually don't, just to see what he's learned, or what he might know about related tech supply chains that I don't - I still learn something new about tech-related materials supply chains almost every time he does a big new talk. But that's where his insight on tech begins and ends. I'm an electrical engineer and have worked in tech for over a decade between three countries in telecom and computing hardware manufacturing and design, and I can confidently say that almost everything Peter says about tech is either half-right and sort of missing the point, or dead wrong. He suffers from massive confirmation bias on this specific subject. It's a glaring weakness of his worldview and unfortunately leads him - and therefore presumably his paying clients - slightly astray in an area where you need reasonably comprehensive knowledge to understand industry trends and how certain technologies actually work. Peter is a generalist, and unfortunately for him, tech isn't something you can "fake it 'til you make it" on. He should stop talking about tech (except for relevant supply chains). It makes him look bad.

[@ScottStephenSmith]

It's a good reminder for the audience. These caveats appear on most of his videos. I love his work, but agreed. You need to have some awareness about where he's less precise. It would be great for him to make these caveats himself.

[@afarwiththedawning4495]

As someone who has talked to a lot of engineers, I appreciate your honesty about technology.

[@gilligan87]

@Chris-zd7gw not really, no. I've questioned and done deeper dives on many things he talks about, and I've never found glaring holes in his info on other topics.

[@imcbocian]

​@@gilligan87i do, when it comes about his stance on for example history or its interpretation. In similiar fashion i heard many times he hugely oversimplifies economy policies and trade.

[@imcbocian]

​@@gilligan87ah, not to mention about biggest BS he repeat after Russians. About this need of buffer space to protect themselves. It is not fcking XVII century when Poles took Moscow with their cavalry. Russia have fcking nuclear deterrent. And even if they take whole Ukraine, it is only like 15 additional minutes for rockets missle or Jet fighters and bombers...

[@friendofcoal]

The most logical explanation of today's events that I've heard so far....

[@Koz4concern]

You must be of below average intelligence

[@SorenK392]

Love these talks. Ever since I realized Peter’s voice is identical to the character Tom’s voice from “Succession” though, I can’t get that out of my head. Lol.

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

One thing you need to look into is the fact that when the shale boom started in the US, it was made possible because capital investment was so cheap back then. What will happen when this capital suddenly dries up?

[@lucasward9506]

I doubt much, because the industry is profitable unlike many of the things that have been made possible by cheap capital.

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

@@lucasward9506 Well, the shale industry has been steadily driving down the COSTS of drilling for shale, but for sure, the early days of the shale boom were made possible only because of >$100/barrel oil, and massive amounts of cheap capital made especially cheap because of the near zero Fed fund rates. It would be interesting to have Peter do a deep dive into what the exact break even costs of drilling for shale oil are now. I know at one time, it was around $60/barrel, which was why in 2016, MBS opened the Saudi spigots to drive the price of oil DOWN, with the expressed intent of driving the shale operators out of business. There is a limit to how cheap shale oil can get, simply because new shale wells have to be drilled constantly - each horizontal borehole generally produces only for about 3 years and then dries up, and so they have to keep drilling constantly, unlike the giant oil fields where a single drilled well will tap into a huge pool of oil that can produce for decades.

[@USandGlobal]

@@gandalfgreyhame3425capital investment has never been this great especially at the start of Covid. How long far back are you talking about? Your still thinking in pre Covid and pre Ukraine war. There are only a few places where this energy is possible and security is another problem what happens when the Iranians and Saudis get into a war?

[@MrMinnesota99]

Nice graphics, some good nuggets of information. Take this guy with a grain of salt, no comment on wagner repositioning to belarus training their army and within striking distance of kiev and polish Lithuanian border. Also ignorant of the navy p8 operating over nordstream explosion site at the time.

[@davidbrunette6692]

Thank you peter

[@rodserling6955]

Zeihan is right on...very good info!

[@MovieRiotHD]

Where is Bill Burr?

[@iancormie9916]

Internet of everything??? Do you really want your washing machine talking to your coffee pot?

[@rickwrites2612]

"Digesting the Boomers is going to be painful," 💀💀🤣

[@XxGOTARxX]

Thanks. Good talk.

[@nickclark324]

Loved the part when they glossed over a missing russian general who has nuclear launch codes . . . LOL

[@whoisthis4130]

It’s such a wild concept to me as a man to think that fleeing my home country while simultaneously leaving my wife and kids in the middle of a civil war to fend for themselves is something a man could live with.

[@w4mps1964]

Fascinating and enlightening. I’m a registered independent. In my opinion, the largest single problem I’m worried about is CORRUPTION. I’m not accusing you of being a Biden apologist, but you don’t seem to be too concerned about that. Objectively (which none of us frankly are) I wouldn’t vote for Biden because of that, and, again objectively from my perspective, I don’t see evidence of that on the Trump side.

[@shawnd5746]

Yeah, I'm not sure what his source is on the views of typical Trump voters. I follow some of the "extreme right" and they don't talk about any of those things. But he's still great for understanding macroeconomic trends, geography, and their implications.

[@Pistolita221]

You don't think the hundreds of millions trump has gotten from the Saudis is a little sketchy? Or the 2 billion to Kushner? He's definitely corrupt, even if he is outside the usual Washington bubble.

[@NathanShattuckIsHere]

I’ve been fascinated by Peter’s demo/econ/pol analysis for a while, but the longer you listen to him the clearer it becomes that he’s a clever mouthpiece for Establishment preferences (western governments, multinational corps, media corps, Democrats/Labor/Liberal parties, etc).

[@Pistolita221]

@NathanShattuckIsHere the maverick of Wallstreet and Perun have the best economic and geopolitical coverage on KZbin imo, but once you know the lens Peter uses his analysis becomes more useful.

[@Tony-ft4jp]

Not impressed with info!!

[@flamechick6]

Having him on that screen lol 😂

[@kathryncolton4423]

He lost me at the Nordstream pipeline. I guess he doesn’t believe the Seymour Hersh article, or didn’t hear Biden and his admin telling the press that the pipeline “will not go forward”, whatever that means. Most of what he says about the world economic order makes sense, but only under ideal conditions. Conditions under which all world leaders make wise, calculated decisions that don’t lead to war or nuclear conflict. Seems we have a lot of world leaders who are mentally unstable these days.

[@86_Nix]

He has been pretty accurate so far, but I also mentioned what I see as the biggest wildcard.

[@hoots187]

Per the article it was placed 3 months before it went off. Entirely possible that once placed there was no deactivation possible remotely. He doesnt mention this contingency.

[@htown148]

​@hoots187 Seymore harsh was the same guy who refused to claim Syria used gas on their population. Dude has been a effin nutjob for awhile. He provided ZERO EVIDENCE

[@mkkrupp2462]

And the most mentally unstable one of all in the west is waiting in the wings - in Florida.

[@danasaylor2017]

Many believe that AI will be more harmful than beneficial. What’s being done to prevent this from happening?

[@ekaterinagalkina9073]

Russia’s analysis is hilarious 😂

[@luckybait]

Ekaterina Galkina may be the most beautiful name I have ever heard!!! Wow 🤩 that is really special… A beautiful woman to go with a beautiful Name!!!

[@dragonflydreamer7658]

I agree I thought better of this guy, Whats coming is going to change the world for a long time, The dollar lost 40 percent of its trade in a year our debt is now going into hyper inflation we have months before it starts getting scary so problem solved start dropping nukes.

[@dragonflydreamer7658]

Ok I watched this whole thing this guy is a crack head lol

[@IdahoHobo]

First time I've head scatched on some points Peter presented here. How exactly did NAFTA benefit the US worker?

[@kckaz4453]

Well done, M8. Thank you.

[@supersasquatch]

he's wrong about a bunch of russian facts, which puts into question the rest of his narrative

[@VernRozelle-kn7wf]

Outstanding communicator !!

[@sedonars1]

Hubris; plain and simple. If 61% of Americans think the Climate Catastrophe is affecting them at the local community level (they do: Pew Research Center); then choosing to ignore it in your calculations will definitely bring you to wildly inaccurate conclusions the longer your time horizon. Get with it Peter and do your homework next time.

[@User-54631]

Well the pew research center is a public poll center that has written articles how public polls are inaccurate so…..🤷‍♂️

[@cherienafo7676]

Australia/ Thank you - I only have one word- AMAZING.

[@martino8114]

Peter, you astounded me!

[@ares106]

It’s amazing listening to this 3 weeks later, it’s like listening to someone making assessment and predictions colored by events from 2013.

[@User-54631]

3 weeks is comparable to a decade?

[@ares106]

@@User-54631 so much has changed it feels like a decade to me.

[@ares106]

@@eduardomartin8510 I have explained above.

[@karagivnish1092]

Americans have grown tired of this war and sending OUR money there.

[@brendatenorio5721]

Peter was interrupted before he covered off-shore African oil. And he wasn't able to cover the northern hemisphere, Norway, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, the Arctic etc

[@cross3fire]

Some of the best details, data. Ever.

[@charlessoukup1111]

Regeneration. Happens so slowly we don't even notice it until the effects come to occur on us. We miss that "point if no return" until a couple of decades later.

[@M-N00]

good info, but....who's your audio mixer?

[@dennygoodgodshall]

Yes, they do have migrants. I just watched a video on KZbin of a migrant from South America working in Japan.

[@nonamebleak]

is peter in the CIA?

[@jhrusa8125]

He's a consultant for the CIA and the military.

[@Pistolita221]

​@jhrusa8125 which means functionally yes he's a part of the US intelligence apparatus. People say Cia but don't care if your with the DNI office, state department, nsa, or a contractor doing the same work, it's all "cia" to them. And it is very workable shorthand.

[@Scaevola77]

The more Peter talks, the more I become convinced he's a glowie. So many of his lines are paraphrased points from the Whitehouse. I love his analysis on many topics, and I think he makes great points, but the directives are now apparent.

[@royhamilton799]

I have had the same thoughts, and concerns about Peter. I suspect he’s CIA or…. He is always so bullish on America and ignores so many aspects of the domestic chaos.

[@AlbionTVLondon]

Hoping for incidents with oil tankers and calling it "weird" that I didn't happen simply shows Peter's complete detachment from reality.

[@andrewmolenkamp6451]

Sounds a little like a Democrat operative

[@johnrichardson-ru1mx]

What I want to know is were does Peter here gets his information from

[@ericmcmanus5179]

What if you place a sea type oil rig in th bogs? If you treat the permafrost/bog areas as if it has no solid ground and just anchor a drilling rig deap into the ground, couldn't that work?

[@NurElv]

It is not about anchoring the drilling rig, it is about delivering oil from the drilling place to the shipping point or oil receivers by means of pipes. The oil pipeline would go over the permafrost which constantly changes its surface which means that you need constant maintenance of the pipelines.

[@PeterLee-zn3jl]

War gaming as a career move....hmmmm

[@azamatbagatov7161]

How can a guy who's been so wrong so often can be so popular is beyond me.

[@robertstout7756]

Can you imagine a future without economic growth?

[@sedonars1]

Yes. It's the only future where humans can exist as a species. There is no ecosystem that supports large vertebrates as the unlimited economic growth paradigm requires.

[@arizenation3188]

As a gen Z I was born in it

[@michae1601]

China you meant CCP. If Taiwan's system can ever rule the mainland. then we might have world peace

[@CAMacKenzie]

The idea of a weakened Russia or China sounds so good to most Americans, but... If/when Russia or China collapses, What then? I worry that the chaos resulting therefrom could lead to something much worse. Kind of like the collapse of Mexican drug cartels bringing in newer, more violent replacements. And the idea of attacking thos drug cartels militarily is absurd. It's the one thing that would unite Mexico against the U.S., perhaps including a lot of Mexicans living in the U.S. Pershing's expedition against Villa is instructive.

[@TedSeay]

Zeehan doesn’t want China on its last legs, he’s pointing out WHY China is on its last legs. It’s the war pigs that fearmonger a strong China in their analyses…

[@USandGlobal]

It’s not and idea it’s reality! The USSR collapsed about 30 years ago

[@Butts0hboi]

RFK, Desantis, or Vivek are the most interesting candidates imo

[@bardoface]

People want certainty and safety. Peter is smart. He’s making money from that insecurity. He’s not correct. Just smart. I’ll pass.

[@robinmiller871]

My only major critique of Zeihan is this. He makes very well, informed predictions.... but they are sweeping with little insight about where they could go wrong. Too much absolutism. He'd make an incredible, advisor.... if there were another 2 advisors who could balance out his considerations. Obviously, he's a brilliant man. With a great deal of hubris.

[@riverfreddy]

I'm 72. I'm going back to work just like a lot of my age group. This distorts Zeihan's graphs.

[@LittleOrla]

I try not to listen to Zeihan when I'm depressed. Oh my . . .

[@sams8502]

I find Zeihan’s obscure facts very interesting because he doesn’t follow the mainstream way of thinking. I think his confidence in certain assessments to be discrediting to him. He needs to take a slightly more humble approach to how he thinks things will play out cause most likely he’ll be wrong majority of the time. We don’t know what we don’t know.

[@nalejbank]

You made an early statement that young people, in the earlier demographic, spent all the money and that their action was inflationary. Correction: Spending money already in circulation has no bearing on or causes "inflation". Only those in charge of increasing the quantity of paper currency and "credit" cause inflation.

[@randall3785]

A very well spoken propagandist.