This Week in Geopolitics

That’s what this show is. He does a good job of laying out incontrovertible facts that help one build their own picture, but a lot of his conclusions put his youthful inexperience on display. For example, saying the USA should default on its debt because “we can’t pay it”. That is utterly ridiculous; as if it’s supposed to be paid off at some point in time lol. Then, saying Russia will just destroy critical infrastructure and win the war… how well has that worked out? Russia can barely land 5% of its missiles due to Ukraine’s robust air defenses. We can’t afford to help Ukraine? Any seasoned geopolitical analyst will easily be able to explain that this war is nearly an order of magnitude cheaper than the cost of deterring an unscratched russian military supported by the prewar Russian economy. All in all, I enjoy listening occasionally because the podcast is a lens into that “alternative” thought space, but take what he says with a grain of salt. Update: how can you seriously think Russia could take on NATO, especially now. Please explain.

This show changed so much over time. Went from overly pessimistic to overly optimistic. Having trouble believing anything this show says. And he repeats himself too much.

Love you show, love your perspective, I agree with almost all of it. Two things. One, can you adjust the volume you record? I’m very hard of hearing, and for some reason your show is low compared to other shows. It’s not a deal breaker lol but it would help me out a lot. Two, a tactical nuke has a yield of 1,700 tons TNT, Little Boy is 15,000 tons, FOAB 44 tons. So a FOABs TNT yield is 0.025% of a tactical nuke and 0.0029% of Little Boy. Meaning, a FOAB is substantially smaller than a tactical nuke. Therefore, you weren’t wrong my friend. Russia is still following the rules there. Hopefully it continues. Also my view is the same as yours. My hypothesis is, Russia creates a Kursk pocket. Using the troops you listed in Belarus, and the men they have ready in the rear. I do not believe this was a victory for Ukraine. I think this was all planned. It got Ukraine to devote men to a deep penetration without with great logistics. They can’t sustain it and they couldn’t from the start. They devoted and weakened the other fronts. Russia creates a Kursk pocket. They bombast them to submission or surrender. Take like 60% + of Ukraines force capability. This is an Ardennes Offensive in 2024. This is going to be how Ukraine loses and Russia completes their objectives. Or NATO makes a big mistake and article 5 Russia. That is troubling because there is talk of 800,000 troop movement to the Finnish and Polish fronts. Sorry for the story, I don’t know how else to respond to your show. I will continue to list!

World news is complicated, so I try to get my fill from reputable sources, not some anonymous high school kid with a cheap microphone. He has passion and the ability to sort real events from disinformation, but his ability to draw conclusions and articulate relationships between headlines are, charitably put, immature. With respect to the war in Ukraine, he appears unaware that he is parroting Russian propaganda with takes like "Russia's an unbeatable superpower, it's America's fault for making Ukrainians think they ever had a chance, 'they' lied to us that Ukraine would win." If you want more sophisticated takes, check out Peter Zeihan, Ian Bremmer, or George Friedman. If you want to listen to propaganda, at least Tucker Carlson has higher production quality.