Sovereign or Puppet State: A Geopolitical Autonomy Tier List (Part 1)

The United States is surprisingly placed in the A-tier, not S-tier, with the host humorously suggesting Israel is the "true superpower" controlling US foreign policy, particularly regarding the financial sector and the Gaza crisis. Iraq is a D-tier country, struggling to escape external bombing and interference whenever it attempts to assert autonomy or align with non-US interests. Spain and Portugal are considered low C or high D, seen as having a "leave us alone" mentality and less direct geopolitical pressure. China is elevated to S-tier post-2008 and under Xi Jinping, driven by a desire to escape US "financial colonization" and counter Western containment. Finally, South Korea and Japan are discussed as having very limited strategic autonomy, with South Korea dropping to D-tier under its current "US puppet" president, and both countries experiencing political assassinations or scandals linked to attempts at greater independence, highlighting the pervasive influence of the US in their internal affairs.

"whether the country is truly Sovereign or is it like a vassel or satellite or client St of another country or puppet or something like that"

"Russia still holds many bargaining and negotiation power against China and it is doing that when negotiating the price and terms of the power of Siberian 2 pipelines"

"Iran is also energy and food independent very important if you want to play hot ball against the US"

"being high up on the list does not mean that it is better It might be more Troublesome basically not beneficial"

"Saudi Arabia is under heavy US influence some people even call Saudi Arabia uh us protectory It has US military base there"

"us will go very far to keep Germany within this orbit if he has to put holes into some politician or blow up some energy infr structures you will do it"

"Hong Kong is not supposed to have that much of a strategic autonomy to begin with it is part of China and of discussion you know one country two system is starts with one country"

"of all the in the world I will say today is Vietnam is the most like China the political system is very similar"

"US foreign policies serve the interests of us financial sector okay and who owns US financial sector yes exactly"

"China is not interested in becoming some Regional or Global Hedon and try to get into everybody's business that's not Chinese St not even today"

"the Japanese with the plaza core lost decades is all related almost all South Korean leaders end up in jail assassinated committed suicide not many people in the west know that"

"today's Chinese intellectual okay many consider uh the Korean Korean president to be a pure us pu"