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They already lack self-confidence. All they have left is denial.

Zeihan isn't a neo-liberal. He's identified himself as a fiscal conservative. He was someone whose policies were most highlighted by the first Bush. Zeihan has repeatedly focused on the American moderates as the saving buffer against the extremists within both parties. That's not really grand...

I agree. It is good riddance. The economic establishment has been right about a lot of stuff. The problem they ran into was in my opinion, geography. They assumed that the United States would easily merge itself with the global order in the same way that Germany or China did. Allowing...

No, Peter often speaks figuratively or exaggerates to emphasize a point. And looking at his greater body of work in regards to that particular subject, it's rather apparent that he is bemoaning the loss of grand strategic thinking and experts within the Republican party for the sake of populism...

Valid criticism? He doesn't mean they're too stupid to look at a map and know what it says or how to do basic math--he means can you look at a map and understand the significance? Understand the strategic threats and opportunities? Can you understand the complicated mathematics that goes into...

When has he ever said that Trump supporters were idiots?

And that is why communist systems always fail. Because it runs on the belief that central planners can balance the consumption and production aspects of an economy, while de-incentivizing the producers by confiscating the profits that they obtain through the consumers and redistributing it to...

Again, this is not my wheelhouse, but you don't seem to understand the position, perhaps I might have explained it poorly? Let me outline it as best as I understand it. Yes, the lawyers makes $100,000 and 7 poor Indians make $10,000. But the ratio of wealthy Indian lawyers to poor Indian...

You know he graduated from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, right? This is very much his lane. It's not really mine though, but I don't personally find your argument all that compelling. Yes, people fail at going to college. Yes, people sometimes raise 7 kids in a...

I don't know why he said within 1,000 km. He might have an explanation for that. Or maybe he was misremembering. However, his read of the strategic situation is very much correct. The distance between Hong Kong and Iran by sail is just shy of 6,000 nautical miles. That is well beyond the range...

Or Kamala Harris, whose blood is thick with slaver fever and resume includes "will spread like butter".

Yep, when the current global order collapses, California is going to get horribly fucked. That's impart why the tech giants are coming down so hard on Trump. At best, he is going to ruin their bottom line and at worst, he'll destroy the massive social and economic powerhouse that they've...

Well, there was a shitload of disinformation for COVID, so I really don't hold it against anyone that they got that wrong. The ones to blame are China and the WHO (to some extent). Following that, the whole issue became politicized within the US and that basically destroyed any real coordination...

He's a generalist by his own admission. That gives you a good view on the big picture, but means you're very reliant on experts to fill in the gaps.

I agree that he is struggling with his own bias, but I don't think he's wholly beholden to it. He does make some good points, so let's address them. I think this is unfairly attributed to Trump. Governor Cum-ho's complete disaster in New York City's management is primarily responsible for...

You know it's a fantasy novel when it involves people from the US trying to sneak into Mexico. Mexico's geography is crap compared to the USA.

To be fair, that wasn't actually a hard thing to predict. The Mexican border is far more defensible in the south, then the US border is to Mexico's north.