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The Colonial Pipeline hack didn't shut down the pipelines. The operator of the pipeline decided to do so. The hack was on the billing system of the pipeline. They would have been able to deliver petrol, they just wouldn't know to whom. But instead of negotiating a deal with the US govt on for example a capped average price for a limited period of time, they decided to instead not deliver anything, leading to massive social chaos.
The US leverage didn't come from its relationship with Taiwan, it came from the fact that they provide equipment needed for the Netherlands to make chips making machines so Taiwan can process it. Without the US equipment no advance chips can be made. Even if you give China Taiwan, they wouldn't know what to do with it especially since the supply chain will be cut off.
@@amogus9287 what supply chain? We'll look what's happening now, China is no longer allowed to have advance chips due to the Biden Chip Ban. Taiwan get their equipment from the Netherlands who gets it from the US. That's what I mean by supply chain, it will cut off.
not really that comparible... the US is the richest country in the world, but instead of fixing their sh*t with their money, they are instead using most of their money in the military at the same time digging their own grave..
Lol What do you mean that? you guys not are special,just ignorant and delusional like this comment,rest of the world is not weak,it's self sufficient and in great condition
give me some of that copium you sniffing on💀The US just has the dollar and the great firearm industry which they finance with the help of war, thats why they were involved in every war imaginable. Now dont come at me with your "big tech" cuz all of your tech and finance companies are globalized enough to exist without the US
invasion impossible but losing some of the valuable materials that are imported from other countries could make the whole country collapse on its own without any invasion.
@@malcolmwagner8699 No they can't lmao. Any foreign power would be met with ferocious resistance from Americans. I can tell just by your ignorance that you aren't American. It is literally impossible for any foreign power to even try to take over the U.S. Millions would rebel almost instantly.
2 things before i watch the video the us is probably the worlds best located country it has vast mineral recorces great geography and no dangerous neighbor nearby additionally it only imports about 13% of it's recorces making it one of the most self sufficent countries
Strange to hear an American denigrating his own county.Could this be AI sent by China? As a Brit who is interested in these things,I can see that The US is both geographically,geologically(in terms of raw materials) and politically one of the most secure countries in the world.
Who has the largest air force in the world? The United States Air Force. Who has the second-largest? The United States Navy. Who has the third-largest? The United States Marine Corps. Who has the largest fleet of non-fixed wing aircraft? The United States Army. True, China has more ships, but they can barely make it out of their own territorial waters while they're brand-new, and that doesn't include their ridiculous Nine-Dash Line. China has two operable training carriers that need to be accompanied by a fleet of tugboats and oilers. No wonder they depend on fishing boats.
Your statement applies ONLY to the latest/finest chip designs. ..so not "the whole chip sector". And by the way, those high-end ASML machines in turn depend on the Zeiss mirrors. ..at least that's what "Asianometry" taught me. ;)
@@damianm-nordhorn116 And ASML is the biggest outside investor in Carl Zeiss. ASML has invested heavily in their supply chain to reduce risk in their supply chain
@@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10 and why we’ve been invading everybody else although the whole invading everybody else is because others started the fight and we just simply tried to finish it.
@@firasajoury7813 Mmm. Most wars the U.S. has been in as of recent post WW2 have been largely provoked by clowns who thought they could get away with slighting a superpower.
@@nesseihtgnay9419 thats false...ASML is the only company that builds the advanced lithography machines. Although they are in many ways not actually a Dutch company and in fact American run for the most part
@@Hokie11 approximately 1/4 of ASML’s employees are Americans, there is a gigantic office of theirs in Arizona; in short ASLM is Dutch but has extremely tight ties to America and so their loyalty is unquestioned
Democracy is inherently a fragile ideology because its critics are free to criticise. This is what what makes it worth fighting for - it needs our help to survive as it cannot stand on its own.
Democracy isn’t and souls not be treated as an ideology. It’s a political system. All democracy is, is simply a waiver to allow someone to make decisions on your behalf for an X amount of years. There is nothing inherently guaranteeing that those decision are right, or if the largest group of agreeing voters are right. Democracy is only a tool that should be very carefully used. That’s why an ideology based upon liberty is best, because it has a grounding principle; unlike democracy.
as an american it's really nice to hear that other countries have started noticing how absolutely wild our country's internal politics are. it's..... an experience, to say the least
It is fucked up. Nothing can get done bc ether Republicans block everything out of retaliation in the name of "cost" or Democrats block everything bc Republicans are nuts and want to live in the past. If you look how many Republicans fell in line w/Trump bc they were so scared to stand up to him out of cult prosecution. Maybe less than 5 had the backbone to say something. Thank God Democrats spoke up and didn't give af. However, Now, Only thing they can agree on is China! Which is nice that they can agree on something.
American internal politics is insanely tame compared to internal politics in African nations or SEA. It just appears that it's worst because of hyper sensationalism made by mainstream media to cater certain "viewpoints".
This video is produced by the US military-industrial complex. With nearly $1 trillion in military spending, the same level as all other countries combined, the video suggests that the United States of America is still not well protected. What would the other superpowers say?
Far from a weakness, the high levels of conflict are a boon in a democracy. Look up ‘political agonism’. It is instead those governments where conflict is stifled and even outlawed where true weakness sets into the systems and institutions.
Also, we don’t have anything to rally behind to bring us close together. Sounds bad, but I would rather not go to war or be invaded in order for us to finally get along. Similar to what you said, we have so much disfunction because we have so much freedom.
gonna have to disagree. democracy involves being able to hear out the other side and decide then if you agree. with how high the conflict is, in many circles you'll get socially eaten alive if it even looks like you're *considering* listening to the other side. there's no way to make rational compromise. Conflict is good because it indicates a diversity of thought, but with these extremes it's too polarized - it's a shouting match, not a dialogue.
Having loads of submarines undetected deep in the ocean that can surface and launch crazy powerful nuclear weapons on an enemy nation kind of takes away from the benefits that enemy nation might attain from "winning" such a land invasion even if it was plausible to do so.
Didn’t you literally make the same video on how the United States is untouchable and very sustainable? Yeah there are pros and cons, but the two videos just seem too contradictory.
@@robrechwithoutzaza7992 As someone who dislikes the United States government, your maintenance of everyday systems like railroad infrastructure, bridges, roads, canals, the electricity grid are complex systems that require everyday maintenance by skilled technicians. The further the intellectual quality of those technicians decreases, the more that incidents like the East Palestine train derailment in Ohio and the Ohio River Barge sinking will happen. Brownouts and blackouts that occur in California, will become a more common occurrence across the country. This is America's true weakness. It is something that can be politically exploited and used by other powers to their advantage.
Your absolutely right and that also is the same case for all other sectors. The quality of American workers is falling because America is succumbing to weakness and depravity just as every major world empire in the past has, before it inevitably implodes on itself. America is no different. There's actually no need at all to invade America, they are their own worst enemy and will destroy themselves.
Conquered? LOL! Any invader would be facing an army of 300 million. Anyone attacking with nukes would find himself suffering from a temperature hotter than the face of the sun.
THE vlolonial pipeline attack didn't take out the pipeline itself . just the system , the software which processes payments . its the company itself who shut it down
4:20 The pipeline was fine. They've lost their accounting and billing software, so the fluid in the pipes couldn't be billed and therefore was shutdown.
It is pretty common nowadays for YT creators to change video titles within the first few days to test which title brings the most views/shares/likes/etc
The us is one of the hardest county to invade and destroy because 1. our geographic location 2. our massive alliance with other nations that help destroy the enemy 3. our military strength so.
nice video. i liked the reassurance that with our system of checks and balances any significant political changes will happen gradually. this system can be a blessing in this regard, but also a bit of a curse when creating new legislation. at least it is conducive to some sense of stability. there is an imminent need to strengthen cybersecurity though, that is a given
I agree with cyber security, but the biggest thing is that it's actually not a curse when creating new legislation as the system moves quickly when there is broad cultural agreement. The problem is there is no cultural agreement currently and any legislation passed is unpopular with roughly 50% of the population. So it's better it's not passed overall from a point of stability.
Um, you do realize that TSMC is building a $40 Billion factory in Arizona AND China's about 20 years behind in chip design and that it is incapable of acquiring the machinery to produce their own. You can't just throw money at that problem and it also ignores how many social and financial problems China is currently facing. They make the blue-red divide in the US laughable.
@@askeladd60 I'm not saying they are moving their bleeding edge manufacturing to the US, but Taiwan is preparing themselves for any eventuality. Also, a $40 BILLION factory is no big deal to you?
Right, China tho has been able to close the gap with western countries at an allarming speed in the past decades. And that's why the US prepares for the worst: It doesn't necessary means that tomorrow china will be able to manifacture chips. Prepare for the worse, hope for the better, something like that.
@@amogus9287 Your head is so far up where the sun doesn’t shine, but it’s expected from the average new gen child who thinks communism is cool for attention. If you’re serious, read some history please.
the us is full of depos with things like tanks and Bradlees in cities all over the united states. the Us is full of choke points and has a badass airforce. every city with so many people has to have some kind of military post or fort...
The big issue is China does not have the ability to manufacture the high end 8nm chips. They have no access to the tools necessary only available from one company in Switzerland. They have tried and failed while about 25% of the worlds high end chips are manufactured in the United States.
FOR NOW, besides China is ~70% self-reliant on chip supplies and military equipment rarely use the 'high end' chips like the ones TSMC produces, so the chip issue in China is not as bad as you think it is. Besides everything will change in 10 or so years, by then China will very likely be >90% self reliant.
@@bryf2787 In 10 or so years, most companies will have seen the writing on the wall and will leave China. Just look at Apple, they're entirely moving to India, while China bleeds manufacturing jobs.
@@bryf2787 exactly. They even made 14nm chips, which are, yes a bit worse than 10 or 8, but still can be considered modern since they existed for consumers since 2015. It's really a great pace that China has, since with sticks in their wheels they managed to get to this point
The thing is, China is trying to catch up with micro chips but by the time they do since they couldn’t even produce their own they will become out of date. And now they aren’t getting any new chips to backwards program
Big problem, China is way too far behind in their own chip manufacturing, and the problem with their demographics will catch up to them WAY before China could even try to make these modern microchips.
Microprocessors are *assembled* in Taiwan. Even if China took the island and even IF the Americans didn’t destroy all of the fab facilities, the supply chain is soooo long that TSMC will collapse due to a blockade of Chinese trade by the USN. They need things all the way from the Netherlands, Denmark, California, and on and on. It’s not necessarily an American weakness as it is a global weakness. This is what globalization looks like and we can already see it winding down with American disinterest. No American interest means no American Navy which means no trade route protection which means no global trade. It’s going to be a rough couple decades for everyone.
@@gaoxiaen1 they are most definitely not. They are designed in the USA, but are not fabricated there. Best fab sites are in Taiwan (TSMC) and South Korea (Samsung).
I'm not pro-American by any means, but I can promise you that America is not overrated. For instance, this channel does not overrate America, nor would any other Europeans overrate America for that matter. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand certainly would not. The rest of the world would never. So... if no one is overrating America, how is it overrated? I know this goes against any narrative your channel is reaching, but America is far better off than Europe in a lot of aspects, and Europe is better off in others. Average (per capita) American wealth in 2021 was $421,983 while average (per capita) European wealth was $140,115. Americans are 3 times wealthier than Europeans, but Europeans have well-designed cities, public transit, and etc. Europeans move to America for a better life, and Americans move to Europe for the same - not one is any overrated or better than the other.
Right 😂 like the UK or France isn't much better with their political division and neither is Canada or Australia. Political division is inevitable, as long as political parties exists there will always be disagreements.
Yeah, it would be slightly inconvenient to mine them in the USA unless necessary. It's better to let other countries ruin their own environments for peanuts.
An additional thing I havent seen people mention is that fact our citizens are armed. God forbid our military fails, we have enough armed citizens with decent enough training and an excellent moral to defend our homeland. I don't believe it is really even possible when you look at it from that standpoint.
As an Indian that's a fair point, in our country, getting guns is REALLY hard and areas where terrorism and stuff is really popular (like Kashmir) can be diverted if the right people own guns. That being said though, we have a billion people and if even a few of them had guns, I'm sure that wouldn't be nice!
@@Itsshaunbewarned Thank you! I would not worry about India getting invaded. Not only do you have over a billion people but your terrain would make any invasion a logistical nightmare. Additionally, I’m sure god forbid if India got invaded, the government of India would arm people which would make an invasion by anyone impossible. Best of luck!
@@bruhbutwhytho Yeah, China's population decline isn't important when you look at the difference in GDP per capita and wages, their knock on affect on growth
I say that we should just walk out of the geopolitical spotlight at this point and fix ourselves for at least half a decade before starting our ambition again. The more we sanction China’s technology and put weapons on Taiwan the more they will hone investment onto the tech sector and catch up in years plus prepare more for an offensive on Taiwan that will be a logistical nightmare for us. The more we arm Ukraine and sanction Russia’s economy the more they will interfere in our affairs and cause much more damage through preventable civil crisis And you know what, the Chinese and Russians won’t seek vengeance for the damage we dealt them; as they can’t be happier enough to trade with our market
Alot of polarization comes from people believing the first thing they see as well as anything else to confirms it. Blind faith in all cases except related to God will always take us somewhere we don't want to go.
blind faith in all cases, full stop. faith in god is great, as long as you keep critically thinking. otherwise people will use it to manipulate you by making you believe that your faith in them is a faith in god.
@@olivewrites5672 you just described what many priests in the United States do. Not saying all do, but there are a group of them that use blind faith in God to push conspiracy theories like Trump is the real president or that the pandemic was a lie etc.
Our international stance coudd be easily destroyed but it is liteally impossible to invade the mainland us. Also imagine occupying thousands of square kilometers of patriotic southerns with guns and American flags. It would be impossible to control
I made sure my homeowners insurance is paid up, liked this video...I need to replace my front door and living room windows this spring, so I figured two birds one stone, right? 😂😂
8:55 So i don’t understand the troll farming thing. Like I used to be toxic in high school and I did all that dumb shit and my feed was nothing but political memes and 4chan shit posts but then… I grew up and got busy and made new accounts and now it has no effect on my life at all
The US is the best situated country on the planet. Neighbor to the North would defend the US strongly if for no other reason than it's economy and power are so tied to America as to legitimately be vulnerable. Seriously the Eastern 3rd of Canada is powered by the US power grid NOT Canada's. ANYONE that has worked on the grid and followed the hard points knows this. The neighbor to the South has a similarly close economic tie to America to the point that if cut off would literally destroy it. Mexico is that economically tied to the US. Thus any invading force would have to deal with all of North America. Which means you have to come by sea. GOODLUCK! America doesn't just have the largest ocean fleet, it has the largest ocean fleet 5 times over. China's newest ships don't work properly. They have a carrier that the launcher breaks every other time it is used, another one that the elevator breaks down constantly, several destroyers that spend more time in drydock than on the water due to leaks, and another set of naval guns spread through their fleet that have known issues with a risk of barrel weakness due to how they are made. This is just the PUBLICLY KNOWN problems they have. Russia? Well...look at Ukraine to see just how well their systems are functioning.
No one who’s taken time to do studies on this agrees. Not tryna toot americas horn, fuck em. But the two mountain ranges on each side of the country makes the Midwest a fortress. Good look on the coasts though
The Colonial Pipeline hack didn't shut down the pipelines. The operator of the pipeline decided to do so. The hack was on the billing system of the pipeline. They would have been able to deliver petrol, they just wouldn't know to whom. But instead of negotiating a deal with the US govt on for example a capped average price for a limited period of time, they decided to instead not deliver anything, leading to massive social chaos.
doesn't make it any better really
@@bryf2787 ya it does because if push came to shove he just laid out a solution lol
@@bryf2787 It does, it shows if the government was REALLY DESPERATE. They can force the company to give in
The US leverage didn't come from its relationship with Taiwan, it came from the fact that they provide equipment needed for the Netherlands to make chips making machines so Taiwan can process it. Without the US equipment no advance chips can be made. Even if you give China Taiwan, they wouldn't know what to do with it especially since the supply chain will be cut off.
fucking facts
Exactly, the US basically controls everything
The point is China is trying to become self-dependent BEFORE taking Taiwan
@@bryf2787 They’re already independent. They’re trying to create good relations with other countries to have as allies and more resources
@@amogus9287 what supply chain? We'll look what's happening now, China is no longer allowed to have advance chips due to the Biden Chip Ban. Taiwan get their equipment from the Netherlands who gets it from the US. That's what I mean by supply chain, it will cut off.
As an Irishman it always gives me a laugh when I hear "IRA" and it's not ours haha
I agree but this could make unionists resent the ira and republicans even more in the 6 counties (northern ireland)
@@gendo1123 if that was possible lol they couldn't be anymore bitter
Come out ye black and tans
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"Come out ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man....."
If America is this weak, imagine how laughably bad ever other country is
not really that comparible... the US is the richest country in the world, but instead of fixing their sh*t with their money, they are instead using most of their money in the military at the same time digging their own grave..
Keep telling yourself that 🤡🤣
Lol What do you mean that? you guys not are special,just ignorant and delusional like this comment,rest of the world is not weak,it's self sufficient and in great condition
pass me that copium too
give me some of that copium you sniffing on💀The US just has the dollar and the great firearm industry which they finance with the help of war, thats why they were involved in every war imaginable. Now dont come at me with your "big tech" cuz all of your tech and finance companies are globalized enough to exist without the US
I was just waiting for the Nord VPN sponsorship when you started talking about cyber security lmao
Geography just makes an invasion on US nearly impossible
invasion impossible but losing some of the valuable materials that are imported from other countries could make the whole country collapse on its own without any invasion.
@@malcolmwagner8699 No they can't lmao. Any foreign power would be met with ferocious resistance from Americans. I can tell just by your ignorance that you aren't American. It is literally impossible for any foreign power to even try to take over the U.S. Millions would rebel almost instantly.
there is no use in that when your country is being invaded by polarization from the inside
2 things before i watch the video the us is probably the worlds best located country it has vast mineral recorces great geography and no dangerous neighbor nearby additionally it only imports about 13% of it's recorces making it one of the most self sufficent countries
Why do replies on every decent comment get deleted?
And if your trying to invade EVERY SINGLE PERSON will have a gun
@@davidfg1988 idk
We are basically the Empire that the U.K. wanted to be. Lol
Strange to hear an American denigrating his own county.Could this be AI sent by China? As a Brit who is interested in these things,I can see that The US is both geographically,geologically(in terms of raw materials) and politically one of the most secure countries in the world.
Who has the largest air force in the world? The United States Air Force. Who has the second-largest? The United States Navy. Who has the third-largest? The United States Marine Corps. Who has the largest fleet of non-fixed wing aircraft? The United States Army. True, China has more ships, but they can barely make it out of their own territorial waters while they're brand-new, and that doesn't include their ridiculous Nine-Dash Line. China has two operable training carriers that need to be accompanied by a fleet of tugboats and oilers. No wonder they depend on fishing boats.
This is a certified BRUH moment
Bruhhhhhhhh
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With out ASML the whole chip sector is nothing
Your statement applies ONLY to the latest/finest chip designs. ..so not "the whole chip sector".
And by the way, those high-end ASML machines in turn depend on the Zeiss mirrors.
..at least that's what "Asianometry" taught me. ;)
@@damianm-nordhorn116 And ASML is the biggest outside investor in Carl Zeiss. ASML has invested heavily in their supply chain to reduce risk in their supply chain
@@antonfriberg881
cooperating since GDR times (1986) already ;)
..and meanwhile Intel, TSMC and Samsung are invested in ASML.
@Zaydan Alfariz asml doesn't make chips
Without like 100 different products the whole chip sector is nothing. It’s not special.
The US has almost exclusively geo-strategical strengths.
It has the biggest head start of any nation in terms of technology, economy, influence, etc and that matters a hell of a lot
This is one of the major reasons why we still haven't been invaded in 247 years.
@@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10 and why we’ve been invading everybody else although the whole invading everybody else is because others started the fight and we just simply tried to finish it.
@@CeoMacNCheese not really usa is mostly the instigator
@@firasajoury7813 Mmm. Most wars the U.S. has been in as of recent post WW2 have been largely provoked by clowns who thought they could get away with slighting a superpower.
i was surprised that nothing was mentioned about ASML, they are literally the foundation of the most advanced chipsets..
That's because they only make lithography of the chips, even the US and Japan make the machines to ASML to help them carve the chips
@@nesseihtgnay9419 thats false...ASML is the only company that builds the advanced lithography machines. Although they are in many ways not actually a Dutch company and in fact American run for the most part
@Julius no, the US built some machine parts for ASML EUV machines, too, even ASML didn't build everything their own.
@@MathGPT the US designs the chips. ASML manufactures them.
@@Hokie11 approximately 1/4 of ASML’s employees are Americans, there is a gigantic office of theirs in Arizona; in short ASLM is Dutch but has extremely tight ties to America and so their loyalty is unquestioned
Democracy is inherently a fragile ideology because its critics are free to criticise. This is what what makes it worth fighting for - it needs our help to survive as it cannot stand on its own.
Democracy isn’t and souls not be treated as an ideology. It’s a political system. All democracy is, is simply a waiver to allow someone to make decisions on your behalf for an X amount of years. There is nothing inherently guaranteeing that those decision are right, or if the largest group of agreeing voters are right.
Democracy is only a tool that should be very carefully used. That’s why an ideology based upon liberty is best, because it has a grounding principle; unlike democracy.
And we’ve been willing to pay the price every time, freedom is not free 🇺🇸❤
this is the opposite of truth. Authoritarian political systems collapse because they turn into chaotic pits of lethal competition.
Implying the US is a democracy
@@TonicVideos17 I agree.
as an american it's really nice to hear that other countries have started noticing how absolutely wild our country's internal politics are. it's..... an experience, to say the least
everyone is aware we just dont really care
It is fucked up. Nothing can get done bc ether Republicans block everything out of retaliation in the name of "cost" or Democrats block everything bc Republicans are nuts and want to live in the past. If you look how many Republicans fell in line w/Trump bc they were so scared to stand up to him out of cult prosecution. Maybe less than 5 had the backbone to say something. Thank God Democrats spoke up and didn't give af.
However, Now, Only thing they can agree on is China! Which is nice that they can agree on something.
@@MP-dr7nz You would care if you lived in the U.S
@@DennisTheInternationalMenace i do live in the us, as well as having lived in other countries :)
American internal politics is insanely tame compared to internal politics in African nations or SEA. It just appears that it's worst because of hyper sensationalism made by mainstream media to cater certain "viewpoints".
This video is produced by the US military-industrial complex.
With nearly $1 trillion in military spending, the same level as all other countries combined, the video suggests that the United States of America is still not well protected.
What would the other superpowers say?
Far from a weakness, the high levels of conflict are a boon in a democracy. Look up ‘political agonism’. It is instead those governments where conflict is stifled and even outlawed where true weakness sets into the systems and institutions.
Also, we don’t have anything to rally behind to bring us close together. Sounds bad, but I would rather not go to war or be invaded in order for us to finally get along. Similar to what you said, we have so much disfunction because we have so much freedom.
gonna have to disagree. democracy involves being able to hear out the other side and decide then if you agree. with how high the conflict is, in many circles you'll get socially eaten alive if it even looks like you're *considering* listening to the other side. there's no way to make rational compromise. Conflict is good because it indicates a diversity of thought, but with these extremes it's too polarized - it's a shouting match, not a dialogue.
Depends. The best option is having an actual nation state.
@@spendleton360 The US is too big to be a single free country.
The USA military budget and geography of the untied states doesn’t make it easy to invade its really not simple
Having loads of submarines undetected deep in the ocean that can surface and launch crazy powerful nuclear weapons on an enemy nation kind of takes away from the benefits that enemy nation might attain from "winning" such a land invasion even if it was plausible to do so.
no need if its being invaded from the inside by polarization
USA is held together by people. these people won't let it all be destroyed easily.
doesnt seem to be the case
Didn’t you literally make the same video on how the United States is untouchable and very sustainable? Yeah there are pros and cons, but the two videos just seem too contradictory.
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Your real weakness is actually everyday maintenance of complex systems. Not geographic chokepoints and staging grounds.
What?
@@robrechwithoutzaza7992 As someone who dislikes the United States government, your maintenance of everyday systems like railroad infrastructure, bridges, roads, canals, the electricity grid are complex systems that require everyday maintenance by skilled technicians. The further the intellectual quality of those technicians decreases, the more that incidents like the East Palestine train derailment in Ohio and the Ohio River Barge sinking will happen. Brownouts and blackouts that occur in California, will become a more common occurrence across the country.
This is America's true weakness. It is something that can be politically exploited and used by other powers to their advantage.
Your absolutely right and that also is the same case for all other sectors. The quality of American workers is falling because America is succumbing to weakness and depravity just as every major world empire in the past has, before it inevitably implodes on itself. America is no different. There's actually no need at all to invade America, they are their own worst enemy and will destroy themselves.
Getting sick of those Russian trolls and spambots on social media. Blocking them takes so much time.
Conquered? LOL! Any invader would be facing an army of 300 million. Anyone attacking with nukes would find himself suffering from a temperature hotter than the face of the sun.
THE vlolonial pipeline attack didn't take out the pipeline itself . just the system , the software which processes payments . its the company itself who shut it down
4:20 The pipeline was fine. They've lost their accounting and billing software, so the fluid in the pipes couldn't be billed and therefore was shutdown.
Lol they changed the title from "us enemies are gonna love this this vid" to what is currently is
I ve spot it too
He always does that
@@bob_0146 is that so..
It is pretty common nowadays for YT creators to change video titles within the first few days to test which title brings the most views/shares/likes/etc
@@patrickmccormack3209 oh that's why, I should try that one day.
The us is one of the hardest county to invade and destroy because 1. our geographic location 2. our massive alliance with other nations that help destroy the enemy 3. our military strength so.
nice video. i liked the reassurance that with our system of checks and balances any significant political changes will happen gradually. this system can be a blessing in this regard, but also a bit of a curse when creating new legislation. at least it is conducive to some sense of stability. there is an imminent need to strengthen cybersecurity though, that is a given
I agree with cyber security, but the biggest thing is that it's actually not a curse when creating new legislation as the system moves quickly when there is broad cultural agreement. The problem is there is no cultural agreement currently and any legislation passed is unpopular with roughly 50% of the population. So it's better it's not passed overall from a point of stability.
Um, you do realize that TSMC is building a $40 Billion factory in Arizona AND China's about 20 years behind in chip design and that it is incapable of acquiring the machinery to produce their own. You can't just throw money at that problem and it also ignores how many social and financial problems China is currently facing. They make the blue-red divide in the US laughable.
The most advance chips will still be manufactured in Taiwan so that factory is not that big of a deal
@@askeladd60 I'm not saying they are moving their bleeding edge manufacturing to the US, but Taiwan is preparing themselves for any eventuality.
Also, a $40 BILLION factory is no big deal to you?
@@askeladd60 huhh isn’t 4nm bleeding edge? China has yet to do 14nm in a massive scale
Right, China tho has been able to close the gap with western countries at an allarming speed in the past decades. And that's why the US prepares for the worst: It doesn't necessary means that tomorrow china will be able to manifacture chips. Prepare for the worse, hope for the better, something like that.
@@amogus9287 Your head is so far up where the sun doesn’t shine, but it’s expected from the average new gen child who thinks communism is cool for attention. If you’re serious, read some history please.
Politicians are ruining the world instead of making it better.
the us is full of depos with things like tanks and Bradlees in cities all over the united states. the Us is full of choke points and has a badass airforce. every city with so many people has to have some kind of military post or fort...
Not to mention every citizen with legal and illegal guns lol
The big issue is China does not have the ability to manufacture the high end 8nm chips. They have no access to the tools necessary only available from one company in Switzerland. They have tried and failed while about 25% of the worlds high end chips are manufactured in the United States.
FOR NOW, besides China is ~70% self-reliant on chip supplies and military equipment rarely use the 'high end' chips like the ones TSMC produces, so the chip issue in China is not as bad as you think it is. Besides everything will change in 10 or so years, by then China will very likely be >90% self reliant.
@@bryf2787 In 10 or so years, most companies will have seen the writing on the wall and will leave China. Just look at Apple, they're entirely moving to India, while China bleeds manufacturing jobs.
@@bryf2787 exactly. They even made 14nm chips, which are, yes a bit worse than 10 or 8, but still can be considered modern since they existed for consumers since 2015. It's really a great pace that China has, since with sticks in their wheels they managed to get to this point
Wear your sunglasses because this video is glowing
Everything being digital is seriously an issue.
The thing is, China is trying to catch up with micro chips but by the time they do since they couldn’t even produce their own they will become out of date. And now they aren’t getting any new chips to backwards program
source list?
Nah we already know this
USA's sphere of dominance is questioni'n[predominantly]
Big problem, China is way too far behind in their own chip manufacturing, and the problem with their demographics will catch up to them WAY before China could even try to make these modern microchips.
Microprocessors are *assembled* in Taiwan. Even if China took the island and even IF the Americans didn’t destroy all of the fab facilities, the supply chain is soooo long that TSMC will collapse due to a blockade of Chinese trade by the USN. They need things all the way from the Netherlands, Denmark, California, and on and on. It’s not necessarily an American weakness as it is a global weakness. This is what globalization looks like and we can already see it winding down with American disinterest. No American interest means no American Navy which means no trade route protection which means no global trade. It’s going to be a rough couple decades for everyone.
Oh yeah, time for Americans to turn inward for once. This is both much needed and potentially Horrifying.
The best high-end chips are all made in the USA.
@@gaoxiaen1 they are most definitely not. They are designed in the USA, but are not fabricated there. Best fab sites are in Taiwan (TSMC) and South Korea (Samsung).
This is as real as it gets, but Americans are not paying attention to this, which is contributing further to sudden collapse
TSMC is e
Working on a new factory in Arizona. This kinda feels like fear mongering
Now if America's in deep doodoo what about Russia or any African country?
6:16 this is why some critical stuff needs to not be computerized
Wow the U.S playing victim right now XD
I'm not pro-American by any means, but I can promise you that America is not overrated. For instance, this channel does not overrate America, nor would any other Europeans overrate America for that matter. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand certainly would not. The rest of the world would never. So... if no one is overrating America, how is it overrated? I know this goes against any narrative your channel is reaching, but America is far better off than Europe in a lot of aspects, and Europe is better off in others. Average (per capita) American wealth in 2021 was $421,983 while average (per capita) European wealth was $140,115. Americans are 3 times wealthier than Europeans, but Europeans have well-designed cities, public transit, and etc. Europeans move to America for a better life, and Americans move to Europe for the same - not one is any overrated or better than the other.
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10:17 Which nations? Why not provide a link at time of upload?
Bro can't decide if the US is untouchable or easily destroyable💀 (this comment is a joke)
the us has a single rare earth mineral mine but it has 20% of rare earth minerals produced.
US gov 🇺🇲: "Oh hell nah 😡!"
Maybe we should consider a stateside microchip industry.
USA engineers were running china fab factories and China has lost a lot of their fabs ran by Americans which the U.S. brought back
RUclips is giving this video zero gas, thats how yk he speaking the truth
Cause they are cheaper not cause they don't exist inside they US territory
Right. Let other countries destroy their environments for peanuts first.
Apparently political disagreement is bad. Lmao.
Right 😂 like the UK or France isn't much better with their political division and neither is Canada or Australia.
Political division is inevitable, as long as political parties exists there will always be disagreements.
Welp NASA better start mining asteroids
CIA if you're watching this then put me on the list, cuz I loved this video 🤣🤣
don't worry HE'S probably the CIA given his dig at "russian bots" lmao
@@lorefox201 OBF: points out many USA security risks
YT comments: OBF is CIA because he mentioned Russian bots that actually exist
There is a non-zero chance the CIA sponsors OBF because 90% of this was Biden admin talking points.
@@lorefox201 thought the same thing lol.
You are on a list. Too bad there's a waiting list for treatment.
bruh i saw this video title change three times come on stick to one already
Laughs in Black Market
TEXAS
Please all those minerals and materials are found in the USA only it is found too exspensive to mine them in America
Yeah, it would be slightly inconvenient to mine them in the USA unless necessary. It's better to let other countries ruin their own environments for peanuts.
An additional thing I havent seen people mention is that fact our citizens are armed. God forbid our military fails, we have enough armed citizens with decent enough training and an excellent moral to defend our homeland. I don't believe it is really even possible when you look at it from that standpoint.
The US would have to be accurately bombed continuously for a successful invasion
Would literally need to use nuclear power to destroy the U.S. .... WAY too many armed people here to try a land invasion.
This is what I'm saying.
As an Indian that's a fair point, in our country, getting guns is REALLY hard and areas where terrorism and stuff is really popular (like Kashmir) can be diverted if the right people own guns. That being said though, we have a billion people and if even a few of them had guns, I'm sure that wouldn't be nice!
@@Itsshaunbewarned Thank you! I would not worry about India getting invaded. Not only do you have over a billion people but your terrain would make any invasion a logistical nightmare. Additionally, I’m sure god forbid if India got invaded, the government of India would arm people which would make an invasion by anyone impossible. Best of luck!
I liked it
Bruh how come u got liked by him??
Oh nevermind, I got liked too. 🤣
I highly doubt it.
You didnt have to tell them 𓆏
The US has the strongest economy, largest military, and the USD is the world currency. I’m not worried
Doesn't mean they'll keep staying at the top
That's just like saying, China has the biggest population in the world, I am not worried.
@@J_X9992nd highest now, also it is going to shrink really fast and population isn't actually that important.
@@bruhbutwhytho Yeah, China's population decline isn't important when you look at the difference in GDP per capita and wages, their knock on affect on growth
@@J_X999 yes it is
"Behind every blade of grass will be an American with a rifle"
Yea that was before the dark times....
India should become a semiconductor manufacturing hub.
India is at far far away from this game, not gona play very soon.
Lol China can’t even build the machines that build the grade 3 chips they so desperately need to sell smart products..😂
Come and see how defenseless we are bub 😂
You can't be exposing us like that!
Afghanistan is full of these resources. That's why the yanks wanted Afghanistan
And China wants it now. The PLA will suffer the same fate in "The Graveyard of Empires".
Oops, you accidentally said yanks when you meant to say Americans.
@@OneOfThoseTypes same thing
@@callum210Yanks come from Southern US
So the mind is somehow changed from another video made previous Stated the opposite view
And it was all laid out in Foundations of Geopolitics by Aleksandr Dugin
LOL!
I say that we should just walk out of the geopolitical spotlight at this point and fix ourselves for at least half a decade before starting our ambition again.
The more we sanction China’s technology and put weapons on Taiwan the more they will hone investment onto the tech sector and catch up in years plus prepare more for an offensive on Taiwan that will be a logistical nightmare for us.
The more we arm Ukraine and sanction Russia’s economy the more they will interfere in our affairs and cause much more damage through preventable civil crisis
And you know what, the Chinese and Russians won’t seek vengeance for the damage we dealt them; as they can’t be happier enough to trade with our market
I swear I have seen an identical thumbnail j under a video about US defenses
Obeys command at 8:25 > 17 minutes on phone at 1 pm.
Alot of polarization comes from people believing the first thing they see as well as anything else to confirms it. Blind faith in all cases except related to God will always take us somewhere we don't want to go.
@Jack Jones no that's not what I mean. I mean faith in God not necessarily religion.
@Jack Jones You probably think you sound smart.
blind faith in all cases, full stop. faith in god is great, as long as you keep critically thinking. otherwise people will use it to manipulate you by making you believe that your faith in them is a faith in god.
@@olivewrites5672 you just described what many priests in the United States do. Not saying all do, but there are a group of them that use blind faith in God to push conspiracy theories like Trump is the real president or that the pandemic was a lie etc.
Our international stance coudd be easily destroyed but it is liteally impossible to invade the mainland us.
Also imagine occupying thousands of square kilometers of patriotic southerns with guns and American flags. It would be impossible to control
Didn't Bismarck say something about our location in the world? Something about surrounded by weak allys and fish?
Things turned out so well for him. LOL!
@@gaoxiaen1 do you even know who Bismarck is?
this is chinese and russian propoganda guys
Ofc it is else he would not have show indian land as part of china 😡
Over 90% of my screen time is crunchyroll and youtube
It can’t we have the best geological location and with nato
"Farms have become an integral part of Russian foreign policy" Source: trust me bros.
Google "Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media"
Every country, Including Russia is running ops and trying to peddle their influence and narrative on social media.
Why don’t they try lol
Babylon....That's why it can be easily destroyed.
You're welcome to try, tough guy!
Yeah no
US Geographic Weakness : *Cyber attacks and espionage*
French Geographic Weakness : Tour De France except the bikes are Panzers.
russia and china: write that down write that down
I likes this video 😳 no please dont send swat team into my house!!!
Or FBI & CIA send their team to get ya 😂
I made sure my homeowners insurance is paid up, liked this video...I need to replace my front door and living room windows this spring, so I figured two birds one stone, right? 😂😂
China is not even close to produce the most complicated and small chips.
Quite the contrast from your video 11 mos. ago…..
Russia quickly learns how to use weapons, that are often used against it...
Imagine china suing the USA by that frame of thinking they owe us billions if not more in ip theft xD
America is so overrated,i would much rather move to scandinnavia
I'm American but I'm loving this😂
same bro
Your pfp says otherwise
You are american alright
Yeah right 😂
8:55 So i don’t understand the troll farming thing. Like I used to be toxic in high school and I did all that dumb shit and my feed was nothing but political memes and 4chan shit posts but then… I grew up and got busy and made new accounts and now it has no effect on my life at all
The US is the best situated country on the planet. Neighbor to the North would defend the US strongly if for no other reason than it's economy and power are so tied to America as to legitimately be vulnerable. Seriously the Eastern 3rd of Canada is powered by the US power grid NOT Canada's. ANYONE that has worked on the grid and followed the hard points knows this. The neighbor to the South has a similarly close economic tie to America to the point that if cut off would literally destroy it. Mexico is that economically tied to the US.
Thus any invading force would have to deal with all of North America. Which means you have to come by sea. GOODLUCK! America doesn't just have the largest ocean fleet, it has the largest ocean fleet 5 times over. China's newest ships don't work properly. They have a carrier that the launcher breaks every other time it is used, another one that the elevator breaks down constantly, several destroyers that spend more time in drydock than on the water due to leaks, and another set of naval guns spread through their fleet that have known issues with a risk of barrel weakness due to how they are made. This is just the PUBLICLY KNOWN problems they have. Russia? Well...look at Ukraine to see just how well their systems are functioning.
No one who’s taken time to do studies on this agrees. Not tryna toot americas horn, fuck em. But the two mountain ranges on each side of the country makes the Midwest a fortress. Good look on the coasts though