Reddit reviews The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America

> It’s just a guy with an opinion, like you, like me. How many of his statements did you try to prove for yourself?

Yeah, just a guy...

Peter Zeihan has worked for the U.S. State Department, has been a part of the DC think tank community, and served as Vice President of Analysis for Stratfor, one of the world's premier private intelligence companies. He is an expert in his field. He's not just some schmuck in a fancy suit chatting shit.

>Let me tell you something. Europe has 600million inhabitants, almost double of what the US has, triple that of Russia.

The size of a population isn't as important as birthrates and demographics. Europe is in a death spiral of low birthrates. Why do you think your elected leaders are importing refugees en masse? Just because it's humane? Oh my sweet summer child. It's all about money. In two generations you won't have a tax base otherwise.

>And who thinks that the NATOs only reason for existence was the US having to protect everyone is making a big mistake.

I'm wondering if you even watched the video. NATO exists to protect global trade, and to contain Russia. Nobody is even suggesting that it wasn't in our interests or something we profited from, of course it was and of course we did.

The suggestion that the only point where NATO became effective is after 9/11 is just laughably wrong. I don't know how old you are, but my parents and I lived through the cold war. I suspect you didn't so I would suggest picking up a book or 12 and actually reading up on it instead of just talking out your ass about it.

>The US doesn’t have the only strong military in the world, either, Europe combined owns many nukes and our total military size exceed those of the US in a few areas, too. Apart from that I wouldn’t know what military size has to do with the potential success of a country.

Lol. Just... lol. First of all, that video didn't talk about military size. It talks about force projection. You can fill your ranks with every able bodied man in Europe and it won't mean shit because no country can match our ability to project force in any substantial way. And it matters because our force projection is what keeps the oil flowing and the money changing hands. We don't need free trade or oil anymore, but Europe does.

>This dude tries to make lies sound like facts by making a somewhat professional appearance, he’s mostly chanting bullshit. Most of his statements can be easily debunked or just use polemic to get a point across.

Then debunk them. Don't just chat shit, do your research, present an actual argument against anything he's said. All you have are vague notions of what's going on in the world. He wrote a whole book on the subject, complete with citations. What research have you done?

>Your „Europistan“ bullshit perfectly explained what you think about us. It’s the lies you see on Fox News every day that makes you think we are foes to you Americans. And here we thought we are friends, through similar culture, for the longest of times.

I don't even watch Fox News, other than the occasional Tucker Carlson clip on youtube. I read books. You should try it sometime.

Europe is going to be Islamic in about 2 generations without a serious shift in policy. It's just a matter of demographics. How many kids do your European friends have? Be honest. Now how many kids do you see being pushed in strollers or walked around by all your new Islamic friends? This isn't just some slur, it's the truth. Europe as we know it is going the way of the dodo. You should be far more concerned about your own country instead of worrying about our politics.