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Peter Zeihan Quotes

born 1973

Peter Zeihan (born 18 January 1973) is a geopolitical strategist who specializes in global energy, demographics and security. He analyzes the realities of geography and populations to deepen the understanding of how global politics impact markets and economic trends.

Also known as: Zeihan

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Canadians are just too damn polite.

The redistribution system that Canada has with the transfer payments, anywhere else would have social instability. But to be blunt, Canadians are just too damn polite.

Canada's demographic situation is similar to the rest of the developed world — a large population moving toward retirement and hardly any young people in the replacement generation coming up.

Independence doesn't solve anything, the only way that this turns out well for Alberta economically, in the long run, is union with the United States, and that's a very different political decision than simply secession.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Zeihan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.