@@colinhuff8591He probably didn’t want to sacrifice himself around liberal lefties self destructive mentality . You know the type .

Venezuela is not worst than Cuba hahaha stop spreading misinformation to the gringos!

@@colinhuff8591 That is unfair. Venezuela is a police state and change from inside is impossible.

@@all-americanbulldogfarm2110 A gringo here. I think you are correct, but only because Cuba does not have oil to export. Venezuelan oil exports are down, but there are still some. Cuba no longer has even sugar to export.

@collinhuff8591 Dude, it’s a dictatorship which massacres it’s own people.

But if you want to hear people praising Venezuela you can start listening western leftists they openly support it and want to turn every western country to similar place what Venezuela is.

Yes… but Trudeau is busy doing same to Canada..

@@guylancaster2055 he is, but Canada has a long, long, long way to fall before it is as bad as Venezuela.

Same I had some as house mates, by the time they left (2010 ish) their live saving were with 25k, after having been multiples higher. They wished they'd changed to USD earlier

Money isn't everything. I bet they miss the culture and community back home. Lots of people use USA to make money. But their heart and soul is still tied to the community and culture in Venezuela.

I guarantee you that this is what people want and this is what they vote

Reminds me of how the CCP uses elite capture. You vote them in once, it’s game over.

United Kingdom next

Yet they are complaining because Mexico fed them beans.

The people you want to suggest this to would say they need more socialism to fix things. Or 'not real socialism.'

Same here

Why doesn't anyone mention Haaiti that place is a disgrace

@@robbiekop7Haiti has been a disgrace for the last 200 years. Venezuela used to be a world-class destination...

​@@robbiekop7Haiti has had none of the advantages that Venezuela has had. It has been better and worse but never prosperous.

In Venezuela they use guns to prevent people from leaving.

That's what I'm saying! LOL Venezuala BEEN collapsed xD

I suspect Peter misspoke here and meant to say that it’s teetering on becoming a failed state, which uses a specific Fragile State Index to determine if a state is actually failed or not (or in this case, broken). Venezuela is not quite there yet on the index, and that’s not really up to personal opinion. But I’m just speculating, I might be that Peter is not referencing the FSI at all here (though he’s most likely well familiar with it).

@@danielsmithiv1279 it do be like dat

@@olindbloI'm going to have to Google this index

People are so hooked on the clickbait "x is about to happen" framing that they don't notice when it's already happened.

communist kleptocracy

I lived there when Chavez was elected and it was still beautiful before I left. They used to be a great country

What they're going through, is called Communism. Sad for all those that live there, except the few in power, they will bleed the country dry, just like the oligarchs in russia..

@@billiondollardan It takes a while to ruin a country.

Hell on earth

Been saying many years the consequences of socialism 🤷‍♀️

@@visitante-pc5zclike our military, police, fire dept national parks SS Medicare Medicaid farm and energy subsidies etc? All socialist programs

@@visitante-pc5zc Fascism leads to the same place.

@@visitante-pc5zc re-read it bubbles, but let me help both wings of Authoritarianism are as bad as each other.

@@vintagegamingrepublic5156Fascism is a form of nationalistic socialism, so his argument still holds. People forget (or were never taught) that fascist parties believed in nationalizing industries just as much any other socialists.

:((

Same thing happened in Argentina just slower because they happen to have such strong GDP. Leftism destroyed that country. You can watch peronism take effect by walking from downtown Buenos Aires out in any direction for 45 minutes to assess the economic collapse socialism caused.

The US will soon be worse than Venezuela. I once liked the US and Venezuela, but the people in those two countries voted for Marxism. This is what they voted for, and this is what they deserve.

When you get free and democratic elections you vote same people back into power again. Its not that they are problem. No they are not they are symptom of problem that is YOU

They will have the same kind of election that Putin wins. These kinds of people only know how to run a country one way, and the outcomes are usually the same. And it doesn't result in freedom or prosperity for the people as a whole.

That was a very silly proposal ... The Tyranny Cartel could only be defeated with Guns... "piedra , candela y plomo" - When anyone says well now you'll be having elections ... My reply is with this question ... How was Pablo Escobar stopped ?

A socialist state is like a half-assed Robin Hood: it steals from the rich but forgets to give anything to the poor.

​@@mikitzwell said

As does any attempt at socialism

Yea must be corruption :D Yea real election! Every time whe US don't "like" result of election must be coruption and must be sanctioned that "regime" !60 years of sanctiomimg CUBA? why? who benefit fot that 1US talking about humans rights :D that means "cuban's " are not "hummans" Just big BS ! What kind of democracy bring US in Libia,Irak,Afganistan.....? why "nobody ask why people of these countries "maybe"don't like US kind of democracy! All "these" terrorists who rule these contries must have large population support to stay in power!

For the 100th time we hear: ThiS iS NoT SoCiaLisM

@@visitante-pc5zc Yup, "real" socialism can't last even 25 years like the utopian socialist societies in the U.S. (with few exceptions like some Christian Utopian Societies and even fewer secular exceptions like the Oneida commune, which even then didn't last longer than 50 years) during the 19th century, the anarchist societies in Spain during their Civil War, and CHAZ in Washington State during the BLM riots. Certainly, if it lasts at least 25 years like Venezuelan socialism has, it is by definition not "real" socialism. Lasting even 25 years is far more "success" than "real" socialism can ever achieve. Also their "success" is among the most catastrophic levels of failure by our standards.

@@Mcfunface socialism or state capitalism is so far the only way any country has ever become rich, think chinese model of government subsidies, this is how all rich countries became rich (US, germany, uK, japan, taiwan, etc), maybe argentina will break the pattern. there is even evidence that adoption of true capitalism (free market) slow down economic growth, in many places we know it has led to de-industrialization (brazil, europe, etc).

@blueyhis.zarsoff1147 Actually they ran out of oil money.

No.. it was their own money but they mismanaged it by being lazy and corrupt

@@dennisweidner288 Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world

@@sdrc92126 Absolutely correct. Which makes wrecking the economy a stunning achievement that only socialists could bring off.

@@sdrc92126which is worthless if the country is so dysfunctional they cannot do anything with it.

He gave an evaluation that is widely known. Only fools like Biden thought there would be positive changes. And, of course, Obama.

Where on the world is the spook maybe?

"Where's Zeihan?" (a Wally spin-off)

if only Zeihan had a few more syllables

Get him a large red hat with a red suit hahaha

Geo-Guesser (Peter Zeihan Difficulty Setting)

Ahhhhhh, Sean Pencilhead...🤪. Yes liberalism is truly a mental disorder 😳🤣😘👋

The way he looks at it, they owe him an apology for letting him down.

Sean Penn is an idiot

As do Noam Chomsky and Oliver Stone.

@@kurt1391 That's probably more true than not.

@nagasako7 The socialism curse is worse.

​@@dennisweidner288 nah, resource curse is empirically worse

resources itself are not the curse. it's the inability of some states to manage the income from them that is the curse. for example, norway has oil too. but they are doing quite good with managing the income derived from it and have became a rich country.

@@personzorz I would be the last to say that the Dutch disease is not a real problem. But what other country has exhibited a third of the population fleeing and people losing weight because of food shortages?

@@personzorz I would be the last to say that the Dutch disease is not a major factor. But here you are talking about a third of the population fleeing and much of those remaining facing near starvation.

Nope. Very sad what years of mismanagement and bad government can do a country. The country is run by a dictator whose only modus operandi seems to be to cling to power at all costs. He could, of course, just get on a helicopter and go to Cuba. They'd welcome their comrade with open arms.

No. Is sounds like a descent to hell. Chaos, starvation, and confusion. No good choices.

So few people will truly appreciate just how funny your comment is.

Ignored? Are you inviting a regime change?

@@IvorMektin1701 I bet he is, and good for him. If you were being assaulted almost to the point of death, wouldn't you want the police to come help you?

Will you go home after maduros gone?

Not ignored. More like explored every option other than invasion to no avail.

@@colinhuff8591 I have considered it, but depends on if what’s left is able to aid me support my family

Recent advances in image stabilization in modern cameras make the task much easier.

😂

Do they still compete in the javelin throw?

The history of most Socialist takeovers can be summarized as "One man, One vote, One time". Once in power, they allow no more free elections.

Shit like this festers until it becomes America's headache though. The Venezuelans all jump ship to mooch of successful state, and will then whine when America has to intervene because the el-presidente is going to sell everything lock stock and barrel to China and Russia so he can rule unjustly.

Do you really think it’s fair to blame the Venezuelan people for not “course-correcting” when that would require something on the scale of a violent uprising against the state? It’s not like they could vote their way out of this issue.

Maybe the initial election was fair, but it has not been fair there for a long time. Press shutdown, opponents jailed and banned.

Don't worry, the same scheme is coming for you, same Smartmatic/Dominion/Sequoia voting machines, same stolen elections, same lawfare, same supreme Justices taking political stands, and soon enough, more cities will look like LA and Chicago. Venezuela was a testbed model of destruction from within to be implemented in other western democracies.

Obrien

@@VisualAFMedia Y? El papa de Alvaro Obregon era Miguel O'Brien, tenemos una historia bastante larga en este Pais.

Late stage communism is never attainable - and never was genuinely meant . The end of government, classes, money as well as the magical pile of all things from which one may draw to meet all needs is the over promise. Stuck in the dictatorship of the proletariat is the actual deliver.

this is authoritarian rule plain and simple coupled with massive sanctions

As much as I hate communism, what happened in Venezuela never was communism. Your ideology blinds you. He rightly doesn't make such commentary.

@@electrosyzygy say it. say the line. "it wasn't real communism." It is exactly what communism always is. What killed it was oil corruption and corruption happens faster in "real communism" which is all the communisms that have been tried.

​@@electrosyzygy in the 70s venezuela prospered, then the government "Nationalized" oil production, basically slowly kicking out American oil companies. It prospered for some more time, but eventually governments donwhat governments do best, run things into the ground. Eventually Chavez was elected, then in ~2005 (i think), he fired 20k people in the strike. Its no wonder that everything collapsed.

It's everything America's fault like they didn't have a hand in any of it.

The US does have a long history of sabotaging LATAM states and other states, so yes US is partially responsible-- especially with Cuba, Iran, etc.

Surprised, Peter didn't make a smart remark blaming Trump. Also noticed that Peter didn't call the government leftist.

@@lonnybunPeter is a leftist. He won’t criticize a leftist government for being leftist. He will criticize other aspects.

Socialism a la cuba or venezuela, no. Social democratic a la Sweden or Denmark, yes.

Cuba?

It's already collapsed. Did you see the buildings and crumbling infrastructure? It breaks my heart to see cubans in that situation. Poor victims of socialism

@panch76 Because it is a police state. Notice that the Soviet Union did not collapse until Gorbachev began ratcheting down the power of the KGB.

Cuban society is functionally collapsed, it has all the same major problems as Venezuela, constant outages, unaffordable food, no commerce, no jobs, no medicine, not any other resources, etc. The nation had been teetering on the edge of functioning for a long time. The recession following COVID broke the illusion that things were just grinding along as normal, not really getting anywhere but not stressing either. The Cuban government still clings onto control though. Riots have increased a lot but the government just beats back protestors with violence and make an example out of the ones they catch. Those who aren't killed outright tend to disappear completely. Most people are still afraid of the government and it's violence. The desperation is there, but everyone agonizes about how to flee the country, rather than how to dig their heels in and regain it. The government has brainwashed people into docility and cowardice. Many more than usual are starving, but the thought to rebel doesn't even cross their minds. For a "revolutionary state" the people don't quite seem to know how to carry out a revolution.

@@Rainbow_Oracle Good post. I think you are correct. Only I don't think the Cuban people have been brainwashed into docility. They are docile because they live in a vicious police state. That is not brainwashing, that is an accurate understanding of the dangers of protest.

WTF? USA domestic crude production is at record high levels (check the official energy dept weekly data). Biden has opposed / stopped only the Keystone XL new pipeline. The other 4 Keystone piprlines (or 7 depending how you count segments) are open. There are other pipelines systems from Canada to usa.

Keystone was going to combine Canadian crude with Bakken light and pipe it south together in the ideal mix for US refineries, dropping energy costs for US & Canada even further. Biden killed that day #1 as his top priority. Why? Because he's a puppet for someone who needs oil at $100/bbl to grow their economy. Can't say who on yt or the comment is deleted.

100%

It's crazy how my comment about Keystone pipeline was removed. I don't violate the policies, Don't even use profanity, Yet my factual comments about the historical realities of Keystone have to be censored for some reason.

@@LRRPFco52 I'll keep an eye on my comment. I sometimes find the YT comment system lacking, but I think it might be due to down-votes. Be sure to upvote comments you agree with.

You forgot money. Power and Money.

Is it bullshit?? Caracas is getting better I hear. Is this true?

Why should the USA spend money and manpower on a coup? Based on the consequences of the CIA's past operations, you'll need a really good justification to convince me.

I doubt the CIA would touch that mess with a ten foot pole.

Lol right? It already happened

It can always be worse

More like the green voters

@Leftatalburquerque-- Hey, whats up Doc? Those ads are so irritating I refuse to watch them, if you are using Firefox browser you can use for free uBlock Origin.

I stand with you my brother

If a tape has an imbedded add I instantly give it a down arrow. Too bad youboob no longer posts the down arrow totals.

​@lelandsmith2320 By down voting you just punish the channel, not KZfaq. Peter's pieces will be promoted less by the algorithm. Is that what you actually want?

Because life in Venezuela isn’t as bad as it was a couple of years ago. Add to this that many Venezuelans were struggling in Ecuador and Colombia so it made sense to go back to Venezuela.

Very sad indeed for the Venezuelan people. I wonder how effective the security apparatus is in that country and whether it’s incompetent to the level that elements among the population might be about to remove Maduro by force.

He mentioned two big signs of collapse in this video: famine and mass displacement

Go look at Venezuela. Or Google it? Read a book?

Peter doesn't need to. Look at Haiti.

Venezuela collapsed ages ago, millions of people fled, the state looted the resources and collapsed industry. The most educated left. They also deal closely with Iran and Hezbollah.

His employer, the CIA

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@@thetacokawaii5708 Hello

@@ScentlessSun you're cute

@@thetacokawaii5708 Thank you! 😊

The truth sometimes hurts.

Caracas is doing better than ever. Crime is down lots of money flowing in from USA.

You’re kidding right?

Another european here, what IS going on in France now? Have you suddenly turned far right/putinistas? (i´m thinking about the EU elections)

@@AlfaGiuliaQV The Rassemblement National is not far-right , simply right , they want to stop immigration from Africa and Asia , which is very unpopular , France is heavily endebt financially , and immigrants in France do not have the same work ethic than the locals . Lots of them are a burden for the social services or have problems with justice and police. And not willing to integrate in France society , considering the locals as inferiors because they are non-muslims or do not are of the superior black race .

Also, don't elect authoritarian narcissists (or is that redundant)?

Watch Russia take them over and if Russia does it’s all the United States fault ,

Crime is on the rise in SA countries that were formerly safe, it's really made things rough on its neighbors.

There are 33000 gangs in the US so Venezuelan gangs are negligible.

Not just in US, all over the Americas. Except Canada

​​@@EJH783Except Canada? I doubt that. Venezuelan gangs would probably also be negligible in Canada though. But I'd imagine they are there to some extent.

@@BasePuma4007Ignorance of basic facts never stops Americans from having an opinion, does it?

Politicians will tell you they are with whatever party to get themselves closer to the money. Nothing left or right here just greed.

Norway is doing fine

@@EJH783 Norway is no socialism. Can anybody be that stupid?!

@@EJH783Norway is not socialist. How about google?!

@@freedominsteadof1984 I asked ChatGPT 4o on a scale of 1-10 how socialist is Norway and it said 7 🤷‍♂️

Mexico should take notes, but I doubt anything will be learned unfortunately

That’s like saying “capitalism/naziism/fascism” you’re just throwing random words together haha

When paired with actual democracy, a la Scandinavia, yes! Any economic system, including capitalism, that is paired with a totalitarian government is doomed!!! Watch out for Felon/ president Chump America!!!!

Socialism is what was advertised, klepto-narco-anarquist-cracy is what was delivered. Before, democracy was the promo and klepto-crime-o-cracy plus some democracy was the status quo. 2nd was way better but your comment is misleading.

Corruption is not the exclusive domain of "leftist policies" around the globe. Blame the arsonists - not the kerosene-soaked rags.

Norway, Finland, and Denmark are just a few socialist countries. Excuse me, wealthy, stable and high quality of life socialist countries. Now, what these countries are not, communist

All extreme governments fail their citizens.

I think he travels a lot doing keynotes / speaking gigs for various organizations, & fits in hiking / sightseeing in between.

I think he get paid very well, for his knowledge and mind.

Public speaking circuit is pretty good cheddar

His job is to give geopolitical assessments to governments, those governments want that in person so they fly him there.

@@jnorth3341 how do you know that

Xi's CCP interests and/or poo-tin's mercenaries will recruit from the local thugs to become the defacto government. They each want a land base from which to attack America's mainland.

Gangs

Cocaine & heroin. Anyone who controls their growth and export. When Peter says 'don't buy cocaine' it's solid advice for several reasons, several of which are the people it supports.. ..including whomever comes to power & profits from a collapsing & collapsed state .. and keeping it collapsed.

The collapse of Venezuela has nothing to do with socialism

What we have now isn't working either..... Capitalism is just distribution to the wealthy

​Ofcourse not. Nothing to do with socialism has anything to do with socialism.​@@calc1657

This is just greed at all costs

@@calc1657 Did it not seize the means of production? It has everything to do with socialism.

Just like his video on the rise of the right in Europe. No mention of mass immigration.

When the Democrats endorse the most conservative and stringent immigration legislation and the Republicans shoot it down, that has been mentioned and reported on by Peter. Interesting to think how America could excel with a talent-first strategic immigration policy and reverse our lower birth-rate replacement trends. Wow, I guess I can be a Democrat and a conservative at the same time. Just not one for Trumpy the Orange Jesus...

I think he doesn't mention it because those words have very different meanings to different people. If he says socialism ruined Venezuela, does that mean social security? Public school? Medicare? So he instead talks about specific policies, like pre-selling oil, that ruined Venezuela. It's more useful and actionable information. And as for Peter supporting socialism in the US, he might support some socialist programs. However, going full communist requires authoritarianism (and slight amounts of brain damage), which Peter absolutely does not support. At least that's the vibe I get.

@@jesusdesanto432 LOL, my friend, he does this with every topic not only Venezuela. Venezuela was ruined by their "Socialism of the 21 century" not just mismanagement. He just commented on how the Right is rising in Europe and does not mention how the Left crazy immigration catastrophe. Zeihan is a well informed, well connected left leaning commentator. He should be more honest and point out the bad on both sides of the spectrum

@@IBDL_adventures I guess my point is that "socialism bad" is shallow analysis since there are working socialist policies all over (and plenty that are pants on head stupid). What matters a lot more is the specifically bad policies and not the thought terminating cliches.

@BOBO-so8x-- Let me guess, you are typing this from Fantasy Land, Disney World.

@@JohnSmith-ti2kp So an IEA report belongs to Fantasy Land? Interesting.

😂😂😂 now they gonna compite whit rusia for china market

Russia not worried , US is worried 😂

BRICS is still a thing?

@@sadjaxx Not really 😂

The miracle of auto stabilization.