The Future of Naval Tech & War on the Seas || Peter Zeihan

The nature of naval warfare is evolving - with advancing drone tech leading the charge - but not all of the world's navies and regions will be impacted the same.
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[@barreloffun10]

Operation Replicator? I've seen those Stargate episodes--we should stay away from replicators!

[@avarielblackwing6613]

Think Battlestar Galactica... and the Pegasus, which could replicate its own fighter squadron. Factory's built right in.

[@craterglass]

CARRIER HAS ARRIVED.

[@MusicAutomation]

@@avarielblackwing6613 I'm not sure it makes much sense to have a factory at sea. You still have to transport all the raw materials and components to the ship. So then why not just transport the finished product to the ship? 🤷‍♂ Do those sci-fi examples address that?

[@owenkeller2748]

A “naval drone?” An autonomous or remote piloted warhead that navigates the surface. So… a surface torpedo.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Flying torpedo too

[@SoloRenegade]

Yup! Homing torpedoes, antiship missiles, cruise missiles, etc. Naval warfare has been using drones since WW2. FIDO, Fritz-X, TDR-1, and more.

[@SonnyBubba]

The difference between then and now is that the torpedo can be built with civilian components.

[@acidbronson9712]

Think autonomous jetski

[@theodoresmith5272]

In 2005 I saw locked Martin's drone subs. They were testing them from my local inlet. They usually tried to get out at odd times but I was commercial fishing and around that area a lot. For 2 years I would see it probably 2 times a week. I would say drones will be used from mother ships to be out in front of the fleet with the capability to attack and or call in attacking suicide drones. The possibility of drones dropped by air to ambush the enemy.

[@johnnyb8629]

What I don't hear anyone talk about is that subs use loitering torpedo's that can simply sit and wait, months even before being triggered to effect enemy assets. So survivability of subs during war time would mean as little movement as possible up until called upon and survivability after any action is small due to their movement will alert the opposing forces to their location even if only a loitering torpedo.

[@nicholash3907]

The water isnt deep enough

[@lukedornon7799]

Is that really any different from traditional sea mining?

[@johnnyb8629]

@lukedornon7799 it's my understanding from talking with x navy nuclear sub people unlike mines they turn back on and go after the targets, and I'm going to assume are equipped with acoustic maps of known targets so as to know Friend foe and maybe even pick only high value targets etc.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

Torpedoes are essentially becoming mini drone-submarines because of the new functions and capabilities they're getting. Imagine one submarine releasing a hundred mini-subs to track and destroy an entire nation's submarine force within hours. Scary...

[@forgivemenot1]

You missed one area that the US Navy would find itself in a constrained patch of water, and that’s participating in a Marine landing where it’s ships by design have to be close to shore and in some cases stationary.

[@maxpower3990]

Even in WW2 landings unsupported by weeks of naval and air strikes ended in disaster, such as Dieppe. If the Marines launched an opposed landing today it would be against an enemy that has been bombed into being unable to fight back effectively. The US in the pacific campaign methodically removed all threats from the area, like enemy warships and aircraft before they launched the island invasions. They would do the same thing today.

[@grahamduncan3049]

The Gulf of Mexico has the US Coast Guard regularly deals with all manner of manned/unmanned smuggler vehicles. And smugglers are more desperate, and the Americans have lots of practice.

[@ryanhughes1101]

They don’t have practice with 10k drones attacking ships.

[@naoakiooishi6823]

So that a UUV drone mother ship disguised as a merchant vessel can release several UUVs that will very quietly rest on the seafloor of the bay of Tokyo just off the entrance of Yokosuka naval base can be actuated once the needs arose.

[@marcbjorg4823]

Big game changer... Especially unmanned submarines and kamikaze drone ships.

[@donaldkunzer3427]

WHAT is That Floating around?

[@polyglot8]

It brought to mind the scenes in "Waterworld," where Dennis Hopper's crew on the giant tanker were replicating jet skis!

[@gjedda63]

😂

[@tommorgan1291]

Peter has not enough drone home work. Suggest he research "swarm" and "sleeper" drone advancements.

[@danstrunk8828]

I'm sure Peter thinks the Jones Act will somehow foul the works up someway!!

[@rikcoach1]

Whats with the green laser dot? Did you piss off somebody?

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Of course he did. Have you not read some of his comments, in almost every one of his videos ? Always someone bagging on him, of his past failed predictions. I watch his videos, mostly on history. People often ask economist of economic predictions, and engineers on technology predictions. As a retired engineer, don't ask me what's going to be the latest and greatest. If I knew, I'd be richer than Elon Musk. Predictions are hard, and not really the main function, of our respective job descriptions.

[@MrMe69420]

shitty phone camera

[@doc145]

You cant expect him to make predications. Peter gives insight. Take it for what it’s worth. He’s still by far the best at talking about issues that you will never hear from any other source.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Heisenberg

[@krisk7]

Lens internal reflection? I first thought its his private courier moth.

[@Mark-s7d6l]

Replicator would almost have to be a 3D printing system producing made to order drones. Most of the engineering and R & D would be distributed across the US and it's close allies. This does spell the end of manned fighter aircraft.

[@MONKEY-vi7hx]

Looks like someone has a laser sight targeting your neck...

[@gnarrl]

@Zeihan on Geopolitics: Hi Peter, can you make a video on the worldwide implications of Russia potenially cutting the global internet sea cables out of desperation? What would happen to the economies around the globe and would Russia benefit as an underdeveloped "gas station"?

[@sativagirl1885]

if cables are cut, internet porn withdrawal will stifle *trouser snakes* around the world. and then there's the *B4 movement* with women who will not put out for Republicans.

[@HappyJames12]

When will you give your thoughts about the future of trumps vision for peace in Ukraine?

[@marthamasdeo9833]

That's obvious.... UKRAINE 🇺🇦 WILL SOON NO LONGER EVEN EXIST AS A NATION.

[@pit5000]

Most of his videos are recorded weeks in advance

[@brokenaura23]

@@pit5000 No, not ‘weeks’ - pay attention.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Yeah actually pretty much a week he made that announcement weeks ago when he talked about his patreon.

[@AMERICANPATROIT101-y7r]

@@American-Motors-CorporationAMC. what a joke My dad was an engineer for General Motors he was allowed to take a brand new AMC for a week to drive On the first day, he brought it home the driver side doorhandle broke off the car ! AMC is not messed. Now….oldsmobile and Saturn: they would FLY off the lots GM rolling on a body by Fisher, on motor wheel rims. Let’s END NAFTA (even NAFTA 2.0, much better deal under TRUMP ) and bring ALL our automotive manufacturing jobs home from Mexico and Canada. Because Mexico and Canada give us so much in return

[@thehum1000]

Subs are the future thats why the uk has gone all in on development, in a few years it will have an unstoppable fleet.

[@maxpower3990]

No they’re not and have been since they were invented over a hundred years ago. Submarines are very good at a few jobs such as deny enemy access to an area and ambushing ships but they can’t project power onto the land as well as a surface fleet with aircraft carriers, they can’t do a blockade, they can’t carry and protect troops to a far away battle field or supplies for that army. Britain’s also just launched and commissioned 2 new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, so obviously they don’t think they can build an unstoppable fleet with just submarines.

[@flyinpug3791]

Lol Britain is a naval threat maybe to a group of seals

[@avarielblackwing6613]

Peter, any comment about the China port in Peru? That's in the headlines, figured you'd get a word in about that...

[@John-cc9my]

Peter z is the best ❤❤❤

[@youngrhop]

The U.S. Navy tested guided 70mm rockets as countermeasures against surface drones at RIMPAC 2024. Textron is leading the effort with suppliers from Korea. Unmanned surface vessels armed with these guided rockets are being considered for the role.

[@richpinkerton9253]

What is a sea borne drone and what is a torpedo?

[@kgmoome]

I want to call off work and play Sid Meier’s Civilization

[@bugtusslealien3931]

Park rangers are noticing a lot of Zeihan droppings in their trails.😂😂😂

[@nandisaand5287]

There a large Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, only a few dozen miles from Cuba.

[@My-Nickel]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@mut8inG]

Drones, drones, drones-i like ‘em! Thank you.🎶🌸

[@harrymaciolek9629]

It seems a lot cheaper not to have a war in the first place.

[@twitchew]

I agree. but there is always money for war somehow.

[@dalehill6127]

Surely you don't imagine that accountants have ever made that decision in the history of the world? Or do you?😄

[@karunama3771]

@@dalehill6127 I mean... If I were an accountant for Raytheon and somebody decided that should be my decision... :p

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

The military is like a fire department. It's always cheaper to neither use nor have them, but we still need them to put out fires. Because there will always be accidents, dumb people, or nefarious people starting them.

[@billpetersen298]

Go talk to the CCP. Tell them to play nice.

[@cruiserblade1824]

Great video , can you please do the same for Land as well as air force would be interesting to understand the future warfare !!!

[@sativagirl1885]

No need to ask Peter "how's your aspen?"

[@sebastianbass2219]

It took 20 years for the rest of the world to catch up with the US on drone technology. By then, we’re probably already leagues ahead in anti-drone technologies. In another 20 years, anti-drone technology may be so common and widespread that drones become obsolete.

[@NathanWatsonzero]

He had a week to upload a picture of Petropavlovsk

[@crawkn]

The Replicator Initiative is intended to speed the process of manufacture and procurement of innovative unmanned systems, but I can find no reference to manufacturing drones on-board ships. If anyone has any information about this please provide source information.

[@patricktx3357]

Seems to me the United States government is looking at a major overhaul. Does this play into the predictions in your books or change everything? I am assuming this may be the reason we have heard your concession video yet. This is a really good question and an important one so please think about it and let us know.

[@bpora01]

This assumes that the US will continue to be interested in engaging with the world in things like trade and geopolitics. Something that the next administration and a significant portion of the US populace don't seem to want. We have to be honest and admit that some Americans would love to shut down every overseas base and just let the world "sort itself out" and trust to dumb luck that things will work out favorably for the US.

[@jprince176]

@0:03 take an entry where?

[@MickyChowMein69]

Think how much easier it is to spot something sitting on the sea? Of course it will change things. Submersible drones with vast endurance being the unicorn weapon. Small enough to be invisible. Big enough to carry a torpedo or atomic weapon even.

[@BlattermanTom]

Sure hothis can't hit anything substantial us Navy wise but cost of attack to defense is out of wack . That's a real problem right because us doesn't have a cost appropriate weapon? Looking for more insight on the possible solution to this discounting energy weapons that are not their yet.

[@JackMyersPhotography]

Peter, is replicator an element of the Mosaic Warfare Doctrine?

[@bigblue3125]

The way things are going everyone is going to be walking round wrapped in code 3 lead with a giant EMP emitter strapped to their back.

[@acidjoint1]

drone tech is def the new phase of wars. both russia and ukraine are using commercial drones from DJI for military use and they work super well. china has a world number 1 manufacturing capability for drones and it would be interesting to see how US navy counter that in the case of war.

[@ervincatlett906]

Go back to all the AA guns that used to be on war ships like in the 40s with improved targeting systems

[@SoloRenegade]

Naval warfare has already been using drones for decades UAV: TDR-1 (ww2), FIDO (WW2), Fritz-X (WW2), anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, etc. Unmanned naval drones: torpedoes (WW1), Homing torpedoes (WW2) submarines (US already has many such as ORCA, Manta, etc.), surface ships (US has many such as port protection, gunboats, sub hunting ship, etc.)

[@johntowers1213]

I think what has changed is the pricing structure... most of those things you mentioned are high value assets that lean heavily on the quality over quantity ethos which is fine for short duration wars and fast interdiction's... but what we've seen in Ukraine is that cheep (relatively) off the shelf components are easier to procure on mass in long drawn out slugging matches between relatively even forces... there also far..far easier for poorer nations and none state actors to deploy in quantity to effectively punch well above their weight when facing far more advanced adversaries

[@casparcoaster1936]

Didn't Mahan's book say its better to have capital ships than sea drones? Wouldn't a thousand destroyers (& missile frigates) be better than 11 aircraft carriers? Or maybe even a hundred thousand radio controlled Boston Whalers packed w/ Torpex

[@johnniemac173]

Man is half an alphabet into the Encyclopedia Britannica looking for topics to talk about other than Trump winning.

[@Sammyakaflash]

A floating drone factory?! Real life is better than SciFi sometimes.

[@skinziofficial8919]

Remember, Peter has been wrong about 90% of his information and predictions. He is considered a moron among many geopolitics experts

[@JIMA-Club]

Surface drones could also be launched from naval vessels

[@sativagirl1885]

Actual or perceived enemies can't deal with wave after wave of rolling plasma. No radiation, just de-population.

[@IloveDoubleD]

I am just glad I served my 20 years (in the USAF) some time ago. Getting killed by a drone just seems very impersonal and degrading. And of course "Only the dead have seen the end of war".

[@mountainmanmike1014]

but a bomb isn't?

[@Dreadwolf3155]

drones don't worry me much. you can also base defensive drones on yoru ship, plus we're workin gon the lasers so. zap zap

[@Flimpy74]

Any comments on the election?

[@LarryBentz]

Question one. Is the zipper normal American type zipper? Question number two is this sized for Americans i.e. true to size or must I buy three sizes larger for it to fit my American body

[@matthiasmai9074]

Thanks for those great viewpoints and knowledge that you provide. On the baltic and the north sea topic at 2:39 you are probably right. The german bundeswehr did an Interview whith the german Comander of the german U-Boot fleat specialy on this topic. Whith the knowledge that he is a former U-Boot commander and his north german composure of understatement you could see the confidece to that question in his face at 12:45 on the Interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6fSg5ynfbGWqtEsi=vNbn2MlLwzBwNByxkzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6fSg5ynfbGWqtEsi=vNbn2MlLwzBwNByx

[@ryankolbe365]

Larger airborne drone platforms that are straight tf up capable of providing meaningful close air support and tactical bombings are due to be unveiled in like the next two years. Smaller drones like the ones used in ukraine are more likely to get intrgrated into doctrine supplanting some manpads and most notably mortar sections

[@Art-is-craft]

Larger drones are just missiles.

[@ryankolbe365]

@Art-is-craft bullets are technically missiles. I'm referring to a craft that delivers ordinance

[@freestylebagua]

Our military is based around acquiring and maintaining air superiority, even the navy. The drones will challenge that and if they can put air superiority into play then everything we will be at risk, even the US navy.

[@PeterOakcroft]

Mozambique?

[@jbtechcon7434]

What is the point of manufacturing the drones aboard the Navy ship? How is storing materials and then assembling drones better than just storing drones?

[@ashutoshtripathi.]

It's probably easier to store the materials than the drones themselves, plus assuming this is being done on carriers, they have an effectively free power source in the nuclear reactor. I don't know if that's the case but I'm assuming it is.

[@mossing234]

Do you need high explosive charge to sink an illegal Chinese fishing ship, shaped charges against PLAN coastal ships, or a submersible drone to help hunt submarines? Plus front line manufacturing will make logistics more able to react.

[@steffenpanning2776]

Maybe because you need a lot of a specific drone type to ensure success. In that little that I saw in documentaries, the military used drone swarms. Some hundred drones of each type take up a lot of storage space.

[@Art-is-craft]

Point is that module drones assembled on a ship can be created as task specific.

[@hkfoo3333]

he is talking nonsense . First and foremost he thinks US has the level of technology that China has to make drones in the first much less to do that in a ship!! Kids level logic

[@randysearle2702]

Hey Peter - did you know the nation had an election for president last week? Any thoughts?

[@ryand1168]

Peter can't give his thoughts because he works for the government (I.e giving talks and speeches at universities ect) and made it very clear how he felt about trump, banking that they would lose..... If he were to start criticising the current government he would run the risk of that revenue stream coming to an end. He has to be very careful what he says and does now... If he wants the dollar bill to keep rolling in.

[@ryand1168]

Your going to see a lot more videos in the next 4 years being favorable to Republican strategy/policies

[@smileygladhands]

You gotta pay for that. Those videos are locked behind his Patreon paywall. Who actually pays for that?

[@brokenaura23]

A bag of dolts you lot.

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

​@brokenaura23 dolts? No that's Petey since he has an insane case of trump derangement syndrome.

[@katerynachabaniuk8269]

Mr. Zeihan, if the war will go farther than Ukraine, do you think about what will you and your family personnaly do? Because we in Kyiv also didnt expect the war, it comes when you're not prepared, you know🙃

[@cemasikoglu9597]

Unless the contractor lies - as u know F 34 and YF 22 has radar locks on them

[@brasidas2011]

I love how he has avoided the episode where he admits his 2024 election prediction was dead wrong.

[@jason1440]

Or where he said the Afghanistan withdrawal was a success. Or how about the one where he said all the illegal immigration was good for the US.

[@rusty9045]

Maybe you should go elsewhere for content.

[@briand.1694]

@@rusty9045 Maybe not. Peter is pretty quick to voice his political opinions right here. He has conveniently avoided talking about 'his' party's failures. . .

[@BobTheTrueCactus]

​@@briand.1694as others have mentioned, he already talked about it on patreon.

[@brasidas2011]

@@rusty9045 Why should I do that? I've acknowledged he has gotten things correct, and I don't see this as comeuppance. In fact most would think a mea culpa on his prediction would be an indication of "adult" behavior where one admits they were incorrect and maybe learn to moderate positions rather than engage in hyperbolic analysis as he tends to do. Then again, you know what they say about old dogs......

[@markmurphy558]

Can a breakthrough defense against drones be far behind? Drones are new and shiny now, but you know DARPA has a brigade of geeks working on drone vulnerabilities.

[@michaeldowson6988]

The US obsession with Cuba is childish. Blaming someone else for all your woes, but never getting your own house in order.

[@naoakiooishi6823]

Ginko yellow

[@lurkingvariable9913]

I'm here for a 2028 election prediction

[@ostevoostevo1592]

JD Vance ...president

[@elliotchapman4367]

Musk for galactic overlord

[@protorhinocerator142]

It's long past time we address the elephant in the room. Babar 123 Tusky Way Africa Now that we have addressed the elephant in the room, why won't he talk about Trump?

[@aaronwhithead2056]

Exactly. I’ve waited a week for the delay and he still hasn’t addressed the election result that he said was impossible.

[@Fritz_Schlunder]

My prediction is that there will not be a 2028 US presidential election. November 2024 was the last US presidential election. The US government is too heavily indebted, and a major debt crisis will unfold before November 2028. The debt crisis will make it obvious to all US citizens that massive social, political, and economic reforms are necessary. There will also be important shifts in religious beliefs in the US. Although a majority of the current residents of the US will still be alive in 2028, the nation will end up so changed by the trauma and subsequent reforms, that the position currently known as "president" may no longer exist at all, in the government controlling the territory that is currently considered to be the United States of America. Additionally, a smarter than human artificial general intelligence (AGI) may have already taken over control of (at least part of) the world by then. There is a good chance that the territory formerly known as the "United States of America" will be more under AI control, rather than human control, by November 2028. But, that's just my prediction. Only God knows the real future. Humans will figure it out when the events actually unfold according to God's will, whatever that may be.

[@jasonsmith530]

Trump has nominated some neo cons

[@CoolDude911]

Can't wait for the new flappy bird drones to come out.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Ok

[@HomerSimpson514]

Small AI drone swarm technology right around the corner. Seek and destroy missions hunting targets like a swarm of birds.

[@flyinpug3791]

It’s hard for the Chinese navy to get past Philippines and Taiwan even though they’ve been doing that with their navy all year? Hmm tell me more Peter.

[@naoakiooishi6823]

Naval base of Yokosuka is at danger

[@benkenobi4937]

Zeihan "Trump won't be president again" also Zeihan "whatever this video is"

[@reverse_meta9264]

lol, remember when you thought Kamala would win and then she lost in every conceivable dimension, not even taking a single swing-state 😂

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Pepperidge farms remembers! TDS is s terrible disease.

[@brokenaura23]

I’m sure that you’ll be laughing when the prices of many goods and services increase due to mass deportations. It’s unfortunate that many if you MAGAts don’t possess basic knowledge of economics and labor force dynamics.

[@brokenaura23]

‘Dimension’ 😂

[@danjohnston9037]

That is pretty random, you that desperate ?

[@SnowLeopard-lt1vf]

Still waiting for peter to address his false prediction of trump losing

[@knightsnight5929]

Yep, it was a shock, and when you see the clowns he is appointing in government, it's clear that the concerns many had were real.

[@reverse_meta9264]

@@knightsnight5929 they're not clowns but even if they were I'd rather have clowns in there than traitors and kiddie-fiddlers 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@smileygladhands]

​@@knightsnight5929the more you libs cry about it, the more I know they are the right people for the job. You can keep crying about it, but there's nothing you can do about it.

[@patrickm6012]

@@reverse_meta9264Matt Gaetz is one of those.

[@brokenaura23]

It was his forecast. He’s not a fortune teller bro.

[@MusicAutomation]

Hmm, what's the advantage of manufacturing your weapons while at sea? You'll still need all the components, i.e. circuit boards, motors, etc. And if you're talking manufacturing every component from raw materials, that's a huge amount of machinery and processing needed to do that. Why not instead just stock more of those drones on the ship to begin with. In place of all those CNC machines and what not, just put thousands of those drones, pre-built.

[@MrChit-od9po]

Looks like there's an IR laser site on you😬

[@billybobhobnob101]

Now that Peter mentioned replicator ships the Chinese will have them by the end of 2025. They are copy cats but very fast copy cats.

[@dallastaylor5479]

Peter! You can use loitering drones, one does not need eyes on.

[@spoddie]

Particularly US centric

[@edtaylor8205]

I'm just wondering, what ever happened to Peter's predictions that Biden would win election over Trump in a land slide?

[@JimmiesChoices]

Who is the new US President ?

[@kitcarpo4745]

Drone Frigates.

[@BobfromSydney]

The concept behind replicator to build munitions (drones?) aboard actual naval ships doesn't make any sense to me. Arsenal ships that can approach the edge of a theatre, drop off their drones/munitions and slip back out of easy engagement range would make a lot more sense than taking up space, weight and resources on front line warships for drone assembly. Every ton on a warship should be used efficiently for logistics, defense, power, weapons or sensors. Building drones can easily be done on land, where space is not a premium and supply chains are easier. Why not pre-build stockpiles of drones on land and then have ships pre-loaded with drones? You could then have supply ships or arsenal ships bring in more during the conflict if required. Making the drones on the actual ships sounds like computer-game nonsense to me. Sure it's great for RTS games where your units never run out of ammo but it's not practical in real life where stuff doesn't magically appear out of thin air.

[@ctuna2011]

AI autonomous drones over the horizon not gps or starlink no problem . Big Targets are bad news in the age of Drones.

[@danjohnston9037]

To understand Today's Problems in Naval Strategy Turn your History Books to Years 1905-ish With the advent of Submarines & Torpedo Boats dominating the Littoral Zones The answer is Long Range Blockade

[@crosslink1493]

Did you intentionally leave Poland out of the Baltic naval assets that can make life difficult for the Russian Navy and their Kaliningrad fleet? I thought they were the one country in that region that really, really, really likes to stick it to the Russians whenever they get the opportunity.

[@protorhinocerator142]

PZ's Patreon is a week ahead, but it's already Friday. So, you subscriber people, does he ever talk about last Tuesday?

[@sativagirl1885]

hey, it takes a lot of money to always jet around and hike with a hidden production team

[@frankb1]

Subscriber people are sworn to secrecy.

[@papasmurf9146]

"Libya has fallen into civil war..." -- or was pushed into it with the assassination of Gaddafi.

[@CarlDi3trich]

2027...so with Taiwan and Japan in play you mean 2025.

[@utoob7361]

Ukrain has had a lot of luck shooting half-dead fish in a barrel. Does not apply elsewhere.

[@tomcat522tube]

why has Zeihan not commented on the election which he got totally wrong

[@reverse_meta9264]

Remember whn you said "buy an iPhone now because this is the last one that will be made before China goes away" 1-2 years ago and then Apple made at least two new generations since then and released them like normal Is anyone keeping track of all of his predictions along with how successful they are?

[@tooboukou8ball702]

To many, can count...

[@smileygladhands]

What about when he was on Joe Rogan's podcast and said Bitcoin was worthless and going to zero? Bitcoin hit $93k the other day. What a clown 🤡. No way would I ever pay for his dumb patreon to get misinformation.

[@brokenaura23]

@@reverse_meta9264 Doubtful. Even more interesting would be statistics on how many moan and groan and whine, yet continue to watch.

[@telluwide5553]

​@@smileygladhandsCrypto's a turd. The fact the US hasn't outlawed in into even more obscurity than it already is says volumes on how much of a threat it is to US treasuries...

[@blablup1214]

Would say the more you leave the ground of his expertise the more errors there are.

[@deanslaoui3501]

Hey man, when are you gonna do an analysis on Trump victory and your BAD PREDICTION that you have been talking about ALL SUMMER HMMMMMMMM

[@brokenaura23]

Likely when petulant children stop their incessant whining.

[@Okami1313]

It's on a week delay for youtube. Basically, he said that he was right about the reason he believed it would be a Harris victory, but he didn't think that blue-collar workers would turn away from the democrats

[@deanslaoui3501]

@@Okami1313 didn’t know that.

[@brokenaura23]

@@deanslaoui3501 Patience is a virtue.

[@gagamba9198]

@@Okami1313 He wasn't paying attention then.

[@phrozen17]

Week late on that one zeihan

[@seelypratt]

Peter will not be invited to the White House.

[@brokenaura23]

Oh no. I’m sure he’s so upset about this.

[@seelypratt]

@brokenaura23 n No consulting gigs for Peter.

[@brokenaura23]

@@seelypratt surely you jest. Peter is in demand more than ever for speaking engagements.

[@SGBassplayer]

I thought I remembered something happening about a week and a half ago, something that would seem to have a serious impact on geopolitics over the next four years or so. But if Peter isn’t saying anything about it, maybe I just imagined it. Must be a Mandela Effect.

[@sativagirl1885]

Peter Principle: obey the teacher or get sent to the VICE PRINCIPAL's office to perform fellatio.

[@ua7632]

Are you subscribed to his patreon? I think there is a 2 week delay on his posting schedule to KZbin.

[@HR_8035_YEA]

The circus came to town.

[@aaronwhithead2056]

Hey Peter, why don’t you talk about the election result that you were adamant was impossible.

[@flyinpug3791]

He doesn’t want to lose face so he avoids that topic like the plague lol

[@hcwcars1]

Why isn't Ireland in NATO?

[@Art-is-craft]

Irish politics is apathetic.

[@bradleyhiggs3824]

:P

[@thehum1000]

Their troops are, Irish rangers for example are in the British army.

[@anarionelendili8961]

Very simplified answer: The Irish had just won independence from the UK after the WWI, and were pretty anti-English (the government, that is, especially the president, De Valera) during the WWII. (Although in practice, the Irish people helped the Allied where they could, tens of thousands volunteering in the UK to fight and hundreds of thousands migrated to work in the war economy.) And afterwards, when NATO was formed: "It refused to join NATO due to its sovereignty claims over Northern Ireland, which was administered by the United Kingdom, a NATO member." So, Northern Ireland and the dispute over it with the UK.

[@adairjanney7109]

letting Turkey into NATO is going to turn out to be a huge blunder

[@slamtilt01]

I would’ve thought that as Turkey 🇹🇷 is a BRICS country. Them joining NATO would be a huge conflict of interest.

[@gagamba9198]

@@slamtilt01 Turkey joined Nato in 1952.

[@gagamba9198]

_'is going to turn out to be a huge blunder'_ It's been in Nato for 72 years.

[@telluwide5553]

​@gagamba9198 lol😂😂😂 such a well informed audience PZ has on KZbin, no wonder why he's posting with a week's delay...

[@adairjanney7109]

​@@gagamba9198 Really 72 years eh

[@raymondnoel6053]

What if China democratize their naval drones technologies and give them to anyone who want to attack the empire roaming in their area? There is more than one way it can plays out and not always to the advantage to the empire!

[@whigparty6180]

JD Vance an empty suit? You may disagree with him, and no doubt Zeihan does, but you cannot compare him to the vacuous Kamala Harris. I'm really starting to lose respect for this guy. He's been wrong on far too much.