While I started watching the show and like it, I don't really think its timely or realistic for the united states at least. The only timely comparisons I see are in the middle east currently.

I find myself leaning towards McArdle's article here. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-25/no-the-ha...

A pretty good discussion here, that gave me food for thought. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14227241