Assassination Attempt on Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico || Peter Zeihan 

No, he is trying to say that the Eastern side of Slovakia is like the right in America to score points for Biden. He is wrong, it’s the dumbest comparison.

​@robbycook4298 the person above who is Slovak says that Peter nailed his description of what is going on there. You seem to disagree, but you haven't explained why he is wrong.

@@robbycook4298 Yeah whenever Peter gets a chance he slips in some US political propaganda that doesn't fit. Peter has to get paid from somewhere. Bringing up Slovakia is like having a radical similar to Boebert on both sides when we literally have violent radicals promoting riots on the left is laughable. Boebert is an idiot but we don't have to pretend people worse than Boebert don't exist on the left.

@nicolasolton Old Robby is probably MAGA so don’t expect too much from him intellectually

In Islam we don’t believe that a human like me and like you is god , Jesus is not god , he is a human like me and you , Allah the most high created prophet Jesus

Feel free to fill us in on the details that Peter missed....

This is US propaganda channel, you won't see anything real here.

​@@IleBudic So true.

​@@aphilippinesadventure9184 So what's your propaganda?

@@hififlipper I am referring to the channel. Zeihan's American triumphalism non-stop, even in the face of American decline and decent into depravity, seems rather propagandistic simply because he avoids those topics as if they are of no consequence though they are becoming the elephant in the room.

thanks for mentioning this. I always laugh (through tears, unfortunately) whenever I hear someone foreign pronounce it "Fiko".

To an Italian, that looks like an Italian surname, it is indeed an Italian surname in italy. It means fig, or cool...really

@@LawrenceReitan Well, our president-elect's surname is Pellegrini :)

“Please assume the position.”

He mispronounces every single name of every, person, state, city he ever mentions except maybe the US ones.

Your comment highlights not only your ignorance but also your "racism", the typical wisdom of people who think they have the scepter of truth in their hands and look down on all the useless scum who don't think like them. "Simple" people? Russian propaganda, covid etc etc? I have also lived in Bratislava for many years, I am Italian, I love Slovakia, graduated with a doctorate and I don't consider myself a "simple" person. What would be the Russian propaganda that Prime Minister Fico has publicised, in your opinion? Talk about peace and try to avoid World War III? You know, in the normal world and not in the absurd world into which we have fallen in recent years, talking about peace meant stopping sending weapons and forcing adversaries to sit around a table. Today, however, they have put it in your head that sending weapons is equivalent to talking about peace or perhaps that staging peace conferences in which only one of the parties sits (the loser among other things) is a normal thing. Everything is normal in the world of the absurd and the opposite into which your propaganda has placed us. Maybe you're also one of those who talks nonsense about climate change and the "green deal": in fact, a thousand atomic bombs scattered around the world would be excellent for the climate, don't you agree (in addition to the millions/billions of deaths obviously)? Regarding Covid, the truths are finally coming out (watch Fauci's interrogation and then you will also know the answer). Truth about the increase in deaths (Australia, New Zealand and even in the UK governments have started to take action in this regard), about the deprivation of constitutional freedoms etc etc. One last question, just to understand: why does American propaganda do so and that of other nations no? For the ideological assumption that liberalism (new Nazism) is good and everything else is rubbish? Allow me to point out that the "simple" people as you call them are those who built the nation you are in with sacrifices and are people with brains and intelligence, believe me even much more than mine and yours at times. Society is not polarized. The problem in Slovakia, as in the rest of the West, the so-called golden billion, is that abnormal economic interests have decided to lead us towards the abyss! The truth isn't just on one side or the other: most of the time the truth is in the middle.

Stay safe, strange times we live in.

Is how he is describing the political situtation in Słowacja accurate?

@@zaroproductions1793 surprisingly accurate. the country is split in two politically. and the tensions have been high the past few months but I would honestly not take this as anything more than actions of one angry individual.

@@zaroproductions1793 yes and no. I would go by definitions placed down by Thomas Sowell more, people who believe they have no agency and expect somebody else to resolve everything for them (with comfort of not taking responsibility) and those who want actively influence their lives. First group expects strong hand of state/socialists, second is more conservative/liberal. But about the division by urban/rural and EU socialism vs Venezuela style socialism it's accurate I would say. First group is of course in favor of sexy strong benevolent dictator like Putin or Orban. Or at least the believe that...

On si ľúbi pokecat o vsetkom možnom. A toto je novinka ktorá obletela celý svet. Tak nebuď prekvapený.

Does that mean the person who shot him is pro-EU, pro-Ukraine, and pro-free press? Reportedly the person a is 71-year-old poet, a member of the Slovak Society of Writers, not really a populist group, and a supporter of the Progressive Slovakia Party. He's also an anti-violence activist... who uses violence to get his point across. BTW, there are no European countries with a free press. Speech laws and ESG commitments have seen to that.

Depression is just anger without the enthusiasm. Socialism is just communism without the enthusiasm. Biden is just Obama without the enthusiasm.

Politics is important to those in debt. The rest, not so much.

Shades of Herr Drumpf then? Wow, that makes so much sense thx for that bit of key info :)

Sounds a lot like Lula here in Brazil

It's only the blue states/cities (i.e., democrat) that promulgates anti-gun measures. I live in the People's Republic of Kalifornia which is the worst of them w.r.t. anti-gun laws.

@@Tony-om5kr The mayor of Houston managed to get a handgun ban for a bit. It didn't go well for her politically but it's not just urban areas of bright blue states.

Firearms make a lot of sense out in the countryside, and no sense in the densely packed cities. This means that any law, whether allowing universal firearm ownership, or banning all firearm ownership, will not have the desired effect. The best case scenario is a layered system, whereby the general rules for owning firearms nationwide are similar to that for motor vehicles, but in the countryside and rural areas there are no further restrictions. Within densely packed urban center, much more restrictive policies should be in place. What we have now is just a random mess of every state doing it's own thing, with the worst outcomes for everyone.

@@inoculateinoculate9486 What you suggest is unconstitutional here in the USA, but that doesn't stop the anti-gunners. With the present composition of the SCOTUS, the Heller and Bruen decisions, many anti-gun laws should be overturned over the next 4-5 years, but it's no guarantee.

​@@inoculateinoculate9486Maybe. Im not sure how you would effectively stop guns getting smuggled into the city.

From what i heard it's the other way, his support of Russia disappeared after the invasion

@@matejpavelka4153 You mean the assassin?

You guys tripping calling everyone you dislike as pro-russian

@@matejpavelka4153 His support for Russia disappeared the moment he won the election. First thing he did was went to Brussels and bow down to EU because siphoning EU funds is the overall business model if their party: smer-sd. Always has been.

He is very pro Russian and the communist regime. Lets not forget he was involved and accused of orchestrating an assassination of a young journalist and his girlfriend, who was conducting investigative journalism on Fico. The young journalist discovered some important facts connecting fico to mafia-like dealings that also involved murders. It appears fico used tactics from putin’s play book and orchestrated the assassination of the journalist….was said in media circles at the time. At that time it affected the election and he lost political power. Recently he came back to political arena as the PM but as it appears people did not forget his shady behavior from the past. And yes, he is very pro Russia and a hardcore communist. With these type of politicians Slovakia will be declining further and further.

I wonder if he's ever been to Slovakia. He seems to know a lot about countries he's absolutely never been to or interacted with people from there (and I don't mean like minded individuals only).

Life is good from the Colorado ski chateaux high above the peasants on the front range. If he does have to mingle with the unwashed it’s only as he scoots to United’s Sky Club in DEN to await for First Class to board and then it’s off to his five star hotel on the other end. It’s truly going to suck come November if Trump and the rest of the Clampetts retake Washington.

@@jamesnichols7507 I've been stocking up on popcorn for the occasion.

Hoi polloi deplorables?

@@jamesnichols7507 nice! couldn't have said it better! 👌

You ARE rubes, it IS fly over country, and there is a statistical possibility that you are less well educated than the general population. That being said, to ignore the American heartland and rural communities is a huge mistake, one that both D's and R's have been making over the past 2 decades, and that is why a con artist panderer like Trump was able to swoop in and win an election despite predictions. After his failed 4 years in office, unions were weaker, rural America was poorer, and the coastal cities had soaked up all of the wealth generated by his trillion dollar tax cut for the rich. Yet, given no alternative option, the rubes may yet again cast a ballot for the charlatan, for no other reason than he pretends to understand their suffering.

He mainly does it to get a dig in on USA

In Islam we don’t believe that a human like me and like you is god , Jesus is not god , he is a human like me and you , Allah the most high created prophet Jesus

​​@@Hassansalhi440 wrong threat! Besides, everyone knows that only the Greek Gods are real. 😅

By comparison to many US airports where the TSA will delay you an unnecessarily long amount of time, airlines will lose your luggage, and airlines love delays that until recently often handle that with a string of terrible policies. Woo woo.

By a member of the Dutch Green Party, IIRC.

Unfortunately Volkert van der G peaked to early...

@@howtoappearincompletely9739 Also relevant: Pim Fortuyn was winning based on his policies towards limiting immigration and with critique towards Islam. After he was murdered nothing came of those plans.

Unfortunately he s free again and still alive..

Van der G: he killed Fortuyn to stop him from exploiting Muslims as "scapegoats" and targeting "the vulnerable sections of society" in seeking political power.

@brianmartalus6231 The EU has its own propaganda apparatus.

Trump occupies a very special place in Propaganda Pete’s head. It’s really the best, and completely rent free.

He's a Hater

He knows where his bread is buttered (the establishment), he's gotta tip the hat

Right-wing populism is not only a problem for the US. Many countries in Europe have to deal with such parties. Sometimes these groups find a talented "leader" and than these group turn from an annoyance to a real problem. Populism is a always a means to grab power - not to represent the will of the people.

@@hermes7587 It's a feature, not a problem. And all political stripes are a means to grab power, so get real. Funny how Obama called himself a populist back in the day.

What would be this very different video about I keep wondering

@@OlafRooster the 71 y/o assassin was a vigilante so there's no point in speculating on all the possible alternatives. However, there was some information in the media that the old man was a Russofile and considered Fico to break his pre-election promises that he's made to please Russofiles and allure them to vote for him (which's worked) only then to come out post-elections and declare publicly that nothing will change and that Slovakia will continue same as before (only with no weapons delivery due to own shortages and a crackdown on justice, police and other security forces and press = so that his party can go back to looting the state coffers unimpeded and have nobody to come in their way/ after them or report on it). I guess that old man took it as if he was personally betrayed by Fico (who did pretty much stretch his promises quite far just to get back to where he's got to - elected as Prime minister and have his lap dog become the President = all in one swoop). Fico's sinister plan has worked out immaculately, he just couldn't forsee that there (amongst the masses of "sheep") will be someone who's had enough and won't mind to commit one of the worst crimes just to punish Fico for his lies, corruption, manipulations, etc.

@@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge Interesting. How does it play That Fico and his goons who love money and wealth dont see potential benefits to Slovak arms indusrty in this Ukraine case. Yep I actually do understand how some smaller nations can not afford to give arms away without compensation. But surely richer nations who in general have lots of money but no arms indusrty cant pay for Slovak made arms and then deliver those to whom ever they please.

​@@OlafRoosterThey see benefit in it. For political purposes, they say "no arms to Ukraine", but they support arms industry. Fico's right hand Kalinak (minister of defense currently) is actually a co-owner in arms industry companies. When confronted with this fact by a journalist, Fico's own words are "if west can make money on Ukraine war, we can too"

anytime I see SK I think Saskatchewan

Seems to have finally opened during the pandemic.

I am shocked.

​@@zapfanzapfanWhat shit timing.

He was talking about the airport.

😂

Ahh Berlin

First positive review I have ever heard about BER 😂

Yeah German national stereotypes doing some serious heavy lifting

Swedish PM Olof Palme was shot and killed in the street in 1986 after watching a movie with his wife. No one's ever been charged with his murder.

Yes, I remember this. A young woman in the Labour Party in the UK who was considered a rising star in the party, met a similar fate in the street while campaigning for the No side in the Brexit referendum. She was killed by a deranged Brexit supporter.

You know how people keep saying he needs to stick to big picture analysis? This is why. He makes a lot of Blatantly false generalisations.

In Islam we don’t believe that a human like me and like you is god , Jesus is not god , he is a human like me and you , Allah the most high created prophet Jesus

When you air criticisms or complaints about people and/or things and fail to provide examples or specifics, you've rendered your post useless and worthless.

@@joe18750 Well one example would be how he constantly asserts that gen z is a bunch of introverts who just want to work in a closet with a computer, yet record percentages of us are going into blue color jobs and trades.

@@TheMeepster72 There! See how easy that was. That gives you credibility. However, here's why you're wrong. Both can be true. You can be in blue-collar jobs, and after work, rush home to your computers instead of engaging in people.

He called bitcoin a “dumpster fire” when it was at 15k and it hit 70k a month or so ago.

​@@eokeuz I'm reading this on an iPhone 15 - two models past the "last iPhone ever"

Yep. Peter tries to show a thin veneer of political neutrality, but he slips in his loaded bias whenever he thinks he can dress it up as an aside. Still interesting analysis, if you factor in his political bent when necessary.

He was a Bernie Sanders [Socialist, but caucuses with the Dems] supporter.

Peter's massive bias makes domestic US analysis largely null and void. Dude expected Trump to lose the primaries FFS.

He never said Trump would lose the GOP primaries this time around. That's false. Why would you lie up front. Only Trump can get away with that. But when you see the folks who support him, it makes sense.

Remember in 2017? 7 years ago? Yeah, remember that ONE TIME? Please forget about the hundreds of more recent times a radical right winger did the same thing, leaving behind racist manifestos openly stating his objectives. Don't focus on the nearly total right wing nature of mass shooters in America. PLEASE only remember that one time in 2017. I beg you. I have nothing else to deflect with. Have mercy on my frail argument.

😂😂

C'mon, he is a geopolitical analyst , for god's sake. He is paid to know the map.

@@pavolhorvath7850 Yeah, but his pronunciations on the other hand...

In 2023 Gallup poll 45% off Slovenians sad they miss former country off Yugoslavia ,highest was in Bosnia with 77%

​@@dzonikgnostalgia for Tito?

But they still vote for the same ideas lol, why are you trying to depict an image of progressive rural voters? The only thing that changed is that the republicans and democrats swapped places, not more than that. Republicans were anti-slavery, while democrats were more pro for example. Vox made a good video about that.

Don't forget Wall Street, 85% of Wall Street donations went to Biden last time. Also the richest counties in the country all vote Democrat now. I'm worried about Peter's mental health if/when Trump is president again.

Republicans ideals gave women the right to vote. When it came to civil rights for blacks under Democratic leadership in the 60’s followed by women’s rights, the party constituents then basically flipped.

Democrats have become the party of War, War, Wallstreet and American last policies..... oh and the party of Slavery, Jim Crow Laws, the creation of the KKK and the Deep State currently, party of corruption, which we call the Unparty with the rest of the traitors in congress and otherwise.

Wow, talk about taking a long bow.....

Exactly!!! I hope the government will treat the russian influence more seriously after this event. However i am very sceptical as they tried to milk it for their own gain, and there are still people like blaha or danko which are borderline fulltime russian agents.

Cronyism came from Capitalism. Is was birthed, cultivated, and cured in the US. But the big boogeyman man of socialism gonna get us all. Jesus Christ it's SOCIALISM not Communism. Maybe learn the difference. Also, if you believe that the US is a Capitalist society only then you know nothing of what you speak. The US is a hybrid so to speak. It's mix of Capitalism mainly and Socialism with a dash of Communism sneaked in there. There isn't a purely Capitalist society on the planet.

Yes, which is why it gets referred to as social democracy, not so socialism.

90s slovakia was not socialism either, it was putin style socialism - socialism rhetoric while everything was about the money, essentially mafia state at the time. It was the wildest capitalist era in slovak history hiding behind social slogans

The "socialists" in America want Finland style socialism, but the right always smears them as wanting Venezuela style socialism. Granted the Finland style is actually a mixed economy where the government only provides services where it makes sense like healthcare and education. They must be doing it right since they are rated one of the happiest countries in the world.

@@Alexadria205 that is the problem. There is no Finland style socialism. Finland is a capitalist country. There is a difference between wider social support and socialism. Once you start talking about Marx anything about Finland goes of window. Those who want system similar to Finland should say it and not call it socialism and clearly distant themselves from Marxists etc...

Merci for mentioning this!

if this is true, then I have bad news for France

I thought it was a joke question, but its real lol.

Wait what? Azerbaijan is involved in the New Caledonia riots???

@@CornixCaducus I’m being totally serious.

Dude is incredibly partisan but calls himself an independent. 🤦🏻‍♂️

To be fair to Zeihan, everybody hates Trump supporters. Republicans, Democrats, AND independents all have massive unfavorability for Trump supporters. His 30% base is a cult, he should just start his own party. People keep confusing Trump supporters for conservatives, and it just ain't right.

Ya its sad. He gonna lose his shit if trump wins and I can't wait to watch his melt down 😂

YOUR TLS IS SHOWING

Are you people so sensitive any time Trump is off handedly mentioned you become instant snowflakes??

Yes it's getting out of hand Peter

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

That’s kind of what I thought. “Trumpists” and “only 1/5th of the population.” Peter obviously has his biases for being a self described objective analyst…

@@HankSemoreButz Yep, a tragic dem... I bet he secretly beats off to pics of Boebert...

@@HankSemoreButz He was talking specifically about more rural people. In that sense he is right that rural folks are much more likely to vote for Trump.

@@Tiasung he was making snide remarks…🤷🏻‍♂️

For someone who is a geopolitical expert, his pronunciations are usually wrong.

@@stephenpepper1790 You could quite easily be a geopolitical expert without knowing the correct pronunciation of many languages. Otherwise you would be a geopolitical AND linguistic expert.

@@alka7145 if you spend enough time around studying other cultures and geopolitics, you catch onto correct pronunciations fairly quick.

@@stephenpepper1790 It probably means that he gets the majority of his information through reading. I always used to mispronounce English words I hadn't heard anyone say. My most embarrassing was pronouncing "scimitar" as "sch-MEE-tar".

@@Alorand That’s fair, And I don’t mean Peter is not knowledgeable. I’m not a linguist but I still know how to pronounce most names in other languages based on life experience or a quick google search. But, my point is if you have been a geopolitical expert for decades, you should pick up on linguistics on major names and countries after a while. This is certainly not out of the question for someone in his position.

We all fell for Jim at first...

He's visiting the country that he said would be well on it's way to collapsing by now....

Can you elaborate?

@@nicolasolton His gift for analysis has insulated him from the real world of the middle class (world wide, not just America). Especially infuriating is his ignorant and cavalier attitude about INFLATION - i.e., the screwing and robbery of the middle class by government debasement of the currency. "He'd fit in well with the Davos crowd." His dismissal and contempt for the American working middle class (i.e., MAGA Trump voters) is elitist to the core. "Get a real job, Peter!"

Moneroooooo

Not gonna happen - Russia's got its hands full now and for the foreseeable future in Ukraine.

The analogy appears weak to me.

Especially given who's in the white house right now and how they sleepwalk into everything these past few years.

Franz Ferdinand was invader who tour country he invaded so not same

The Slovak Republic is only a tiny part of the former Austrian Empire. There is no comparison in the scale of events.

Meanwhile DB workers riot in order to get 1 million Euro netto salary annually and 20 hours work week :D

It’s efficient at incentivizing Germans to not use it, which in turns allows the government to justify defunding it.

@@ROBOROBOROBOROBO The train drivers go on strike quite often but I have never noticed them rioting. We talking about Germany - not France! Do you have any sources for your assertion?

A national with 6.6 million people wouldn’t be worth mentioning simply because they align with China. Would probably take something major for Peter to dedicate a video to Serbia.

If Serbia is not in the EU, then it being a 'gateway for China' is a gateway to what exactly? Outside of the EU, Serbia won't enjoy tariff-free trade and has no say so in the EU's parliament. Further, it being landlocked adds another constraint. At best, Serbia is the gateway to... Montenegro.

Probably relative to US Airports.

Berlin has two airports, one in the north-west that was in west Berlin (Tegel) that is larger and more modern and one in the south-east that was in east Berlin that is smaller and more crowded and is mostly used by low cost airlines (Schönefeld).

You have not been to US airports have you? 😂

@@chainsawfreak You live in the past, there is only BER now

@@chainsawfreak There is only BER now.

Where was he on that fateful afternoon?

Yes, but this incident is not the case, as the shooter is in his 70s.

actually, it is between urban and rural population.. you can check the last elections data... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Slovak_parliamentary_election#/media/File:Slovak_parliamentary_election_map_2023.svg

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Well, Kosice, Presov or Zilina are not exactly rural, but calling it ‚well developed’ or ‚big’ is a bit of a stretch ❤

Big cities? Lol are you serious? Even Bratislava would not be considered a big city in the US

From economic perspective IT IS "Bratislava" and "the rest of slovakia". While Bratislava is among central Europe wealthiest and with high quality of life and wages, the rest of Slovakia is poor. Even elections showed ppl leaning differ based on that. There is big divide without any doubt. Unfortunately. Thats not saying that ppl are bad/worse outside Bratislava. Just that there are these problems and differences. No point in ignoring them.

What do you mean? He literally attended anti fico rallies, this is not an anti fico move? Shooting fico is not an anti fico move? What is wrong with you people? What about people like former defence minister calling people "desolates" etc... how this is not fuelling the division, how this particular guy was not in anti-fico camp when he literally shot him?! Maybe it is a time to start looking for our differences and seek unity instead?

@@xlukas93 Blaha didn't seem too interested in seeking unity when he immediately pinned blame on the 'liberals and media'.

​@@xlukas93 the question is what is wrong with you? At 1st I thought you were onto something in your previous long comment, but seeing your other reactions now - looks like you are very confused. Are you seriously claiming, that Fico did not drive division, by constantly attacking opposition, who were pointing out the corruption and the aggressive takeover of not only the political apparatus (which he has the right to) but also the unprecedented interventions in the judiciary system, non-profit etc.? But the real question is, how do you suggest the nation is supposed to unify, what narrative should be used to calm things down? The president and the opposition suggested to sit down with the coalition at one table, but I want to see them agree to that...

This murder attempt is violence from anti-Fico camp by definition. Nobody is more anti-Fico than the perpetrator. You probably mean he’s not connected to the official opposition or the anti-Fico people who are visible in the media.

Is it not safe to say that when someone tries to F!@#$ing assassinate someone, they are anti-that someone? Mental gymnastics of someone who has a dog in the race.

I think you kinda missed the point.

Peter is a shill

Rural American here. Peter seems to have compared you to all of us "Trumpists" and "gun nuts" which he clearly despises. All of which makes me think that you're probably really good people. What Peter fails to mention is that we enjoy safe neighborhoods. Less homelessness. Our schools are less likely to turn out dysfunctional illiterates. It takes less hours of work to pay the rent. Nobody is going hungry. Of course Peter thinks that we are all fools for defending our way of life.

The split was the dumbest thing Slovaks could do….because they listened to Meciar who was also another pro-Russian hardcore communist. Since then Slovaks sold out the country piece by piece to foreign investors and became a colony of warehouses and cheap labor. Since 1989 Slovaks did not improve their standard of living…it worsened dramatically and the country declined. The wages in Slovakia are the lowest in the entire EU. Salary of €1200 is considered “very good “ and the average retirement is about €400. Thousands of young people are leaving to other countries for work and better pay but most never return. So the population of young workforce is declining while numbers of retirees is climbing. Birth rate is declining too. Slovakia has its own military but its a joke. They have about 7 f-16s. What kind of war they can fight with that I don’t know. This is economically unsustainable. If it continues, in 50 years Slovakia will disappear as a country. Most likely it will be absorbed by other nations in EU. Sad but true.

@@nn431xru1 slovak people wanted allways own state. We where always someones colony. Homeownership in slovakia is 92% which is 3 highest in the world . After the fall of cssr people flee to other countries too salaries was back than 8x higher comparate to slovak , nowadays you can get only 2x . Birthrate in 1994 was 1.2 , nowadays it is 1.6 . Average pension is 650€. I make 8€ per hour with average job in north slovakia. On the road i see new cars and people own 2 to 4 cars, so the situation is not bad at all . People will always cry because of something.

Rural places in Slovakia are mostly populated by old people. That's why.

Birth rate is still higher then in west europe,but west europe replace missing people with imigrants from other continents

Young people are leaving the country, so even if they have children - it is often in their new countries. Also for starting a family you need stable situation, at least housing - which in slovakia is very difficult. More than half of young slovaks live with their parents (which is the highest in europe) because housing is a big problem. For example, prices of apartments in bratislava are double those in NYC when adjusted accordingly to incomes, and the rest of the country is no better. Can you imagine if the prices in NYC were double and the rest of the country was pretty much in the same situation? Even then the bratislava is one of the most affordable places in slovakia (depending on your job) because the difference in incomes vs difference in house prices is more favourable in bratislava - higher prices but much higher incomes.

Isn't the birth rate falling in Bhutan, too? It would be interesting to know why this is such a widespread trend.

You analyze this from a big market like US point of view. In Slovakia there is no economic activity in rural areas and very weak farming, so not enough money is being made to have high birthrates. Kazachstan still have low cost of living. Slovakia has European level of costs with lower pay.

You just put into exact words how I also feel about Peter. I both love and loathe him at the same time. His analysis is awesome, but his underlying disdain for true constitutional liberty, individualism, and a free people drives me nuts! He clearly suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome.

People who vote for state handouts and strong man leadership don't want freedom. They want security. So therein lies the contradiction. How do you give freedom to people who want to be slaves?

@@mennovanlavieren3885 Absolutely agree! How much of your liberty and freedom are you willing to give up for security and mitigation of risk by any level of government? For me, very little. To get one, you must give up some aspect of the other. America has become a country that demands that the government mitigate all risk and provide absolute security. The government (politicians and political parties) gladly accepts this power and will snatch every bit of liberty and freedom you have left. So sad!!!!

yeah , he is definitely a champagne socialist snob !

where exactly is he opposing freedom?

You think it was sarcasm, I couldn’t tell 😅

I think so. I flew last year from there to Ireland and it was a sh-tshow. The scanners didn't work, the staff did in large parts neither speak German nor English, I was patted down very, very thouroughly by one of the unfriendliest Berliners I've ever met (and I lived there for 5 years!) and all in all the airport seemed to me just extremely inefficient, insecure, overpriced and chaotic. And I haven't even started about all the issues with the building of the airport.🤣 But it seems that Peter is probably going to fly to the US or elsewhere and maybe has a business class ticket or at least some lounge access, so he might have to deal with the 'better' part of the airport staff in the more efficient part of the building instead of us normals who just fly to Dublin for a weekend.😂

It's not sarcasm, the Charlotte Airport is in my state of North Carolina, it's poorly designed.

@@wookie2222 How do the staff *in Berlin* not speak German?!

@@howtoappearincompletely9739 cause no native Germans want to do the job?

Right... build, budget, redesigned, bureaucracy - those have nothing to do with actually being in there.

@@F12165 Still hate it ^^

It is not an isolated incident. I guess it is, per-se but not in bigger picture. There was a muder of journalist before, then attempts for assassinating former prime minister heger and president caputova. This one was just first somehow successful. There are some crazy people in the society and when everything is going crazier day by day, we can expect more of those lunatics to snap. The solution is to stop fuelling this political division, however i fear that slovak politicians (and not only politicians) are simply not mature enough to realise this, and instead of this normalisation they will go for more blame shifting and therefore more radicalisation, i wish that i will be proven wrong. With regards of weapons. There are many weapons in slovakia, gun laws are pretty lax in comparison to rest of the europe, also getting some illegal guns in slovakia is very easy. However there is no culture of gun violence and there are no organised armed groups with political agenda (at least for now) - which is great. Which means that even if things will go south, it is still far from civil war, but some random lunatics are to be expected at this stage. We better get use to similar violent incidents (even if maybe not as significant) unless something changes in society for better. This was long expected, it was not a matter of if, but when. I hope we can learn a lesson for the future, and steer our society to a better direction, because if not - god help us.

He is heavily biased. Watch others with opposing views to gain a more well rounded view as well.

@@dirtmcgirt168 to what? Globalism? He honestly one of the most factual commentators I’ve come across

@@dylanbuchanan6511 I’d say Russell brand is atm. Peter is pro USA, even when they are wrong. Anti China even when they do a good dead. He cannot bring himself to change his opinions, even when wrong for more than 10 years straight on China. Pick his good comments and ignore the rest.

​@@dirtmcgirt168who would you recommend? Thanks.

@@nicolasolton Styxhexenhammer Dudes an oddball but his analysis is very good. Little L Libertarian bias

I didn’t hear him talking smack about fly over states. He mentioned Bobert which is his rep and the lack of efficiency of the Charlotte airport which is hardly a fly over area.

@@Lucas-hb1uq you say tomato, I say tamato.

@@user-if8vi2hs7e This is not tomatoes v tamato. This is “where did he say what you claim he said?” I would love to understand what you think he said about “fly over states”. Sounds more like you are in a twist about his Boebert remarks and nothing else.

There is an increasingly long line of idiots looking to do whatever mental gymnastics are required to justify talking smack about Zeihan. (It's because he says their boy can't win, and they are utterly childish and petty, just like their boy)

@@Lucas-hb1uq I was trying to keep it polite… but if you want to drag the ugly truth behind my comments out , I will be happy to oblige you.

Basic math says well over half of Trump's 2020 voters were "urban". The country is 80% urban (and rising).... even if ever single "rural" vote was for Trump, that's still less than half of the votes he received.