that i'm fine with, but that's not what i'm talking about. i'm talking about his lack of self awareness and his subconsciously pawning off of unoriginal superficial analyses as his own cause he thinks they're deep or something . also, he's basically a de facto american (most of his life lived in the US, educated in the US, earns in dollars using american english) but he constantly shits on all americans by referring to the leadership as 'the americans' as if the US is a monolith, but somehow he isn't a part of it just because he has a foreign identity to hide behind. he rarely does that when referring to russia or china. most of the time, when he refers to actions of their leadership, he'll say russia is doing this or china is doing that. i've been aware of this guy since the GFC when he used to submit articles to ZH. i find him annoying cause i don't see any originality about his analyses yet he does. he's 120 IQ at best but believes he's 160+. who gives af, i'm a nothing special myself. if u see value in listening to him, rock on.