It Could Happen Here Weekly 224
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What is the purpose of this compilation episode?
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Hey everybody, Robert Evans here, and I wanted to let you know this is a compilation episode. So every episode of the week that just happened is here in one convenient and with somewhat less ads package for you to listen to in a long stretch if you want. If you've been listening to the episodes every day this week, there's going to be nothing new here for you, but you can make your own decisions. Hi, everyone, and welcome to It Could Happen Here. It's me, James, today, and I am very lucky to be joined by Garrison. Hi, Gar. Hello. Hi. Garrison, I've summoned you here today to talk about boats, a topic that white men love. But we're not going to talk about, like, going out on the lake and... Looking for bass today.
I've only done bass fishing once. It's not for me. Do you hold up the fish for the picture? Do you do the picture? I wasn't blessed with a bass on that trip, but I did get to, it was very interesting because the guy had like a purple boat with gold flecks in it. It didn't represent who I thought he was as a person. Turned out actually he had a boat sponsorship and he was going to sell it, but it was a cool boat. I got to drive that boat pretty, pretty fast, do some donuts and stuff. So that is another thing that calls to a part of my soul. I want to talk about private maritime security today. The reason why, of course, is that Iran is currently attacking boats in the Strait of Hormuz and elsewhere, right?
Some boats were attacked in port in Basra yesterday. We're recording this on Thursday. At the time of recording, they have attacked... Six boats. It's more likely than not that there will be more boats attacked by the time you are listening to this. It's been a really bad week for boat guys. It's been a bad year for boats in general. Oh, Venezuela. Yeah, yeah. Let's talk about private maritime security. So, like, when these boats are transiting the Strait of Hormuz, right, the United States has offered and then rescinded the offer to escort them through the Strait of Hormuz. It is very unlikely the United States is going to be able to sufficiently escort every boat that goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
And this is a longstanding issue, right? I think probably lots of listeners won't be aware of the long history of Private security on ships, right? I'm only going to talk about this in the context of the 21st century, but this goes a lot further back. It's largely a consequence of the way the law governs the ocean. It's actually the same... Wow. Sorry, daddy long legs. I don't know if there's an American word for that that I don't know. Daddy long legs, that's correct. Okay, yeah, absolute unit. That's just entered my office space. Yeah. I will let him be. The reason that we can have private security contractors, often with machine guns, etc., on boats is the same reason that horrific labor abuses are perpetrated on boats on a daily basis, right?
Perhaps the most well-documented or among the most well-documented are the ones off Thailand on fishing ships, which often involve Burmese refugees or people fleeing Myanmar right there. essentially enslaved on these boats or in sort of indentured servitude of trying to quote-unquote pay off their trip out of the country they were fleeing, right? When we're talking about labor abuses today, I want to talk more about private security. Most of security provided to boats in the world in general is not provided by states. It is provided by private military contractors, right? Earlier on in the 20th century, the typical profile of one of these people would have been that they'd left the military in a state in the global north.
They had found, let's say, life or employment in the civilian world to be difficult for them. And I've met a number of these people in a number of places. Many of them went to parts of Africa thinking that they were going to work protecting wildlife. and then ending up protecting large container ships instead, or attempting to work for a company that would one day let them protect wildlife or something similar.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this compilation episode?
0:00–5:44
2
What recent events are impacting maritime security?
5:44–7:50
3
How does private maritime security operate in the Strait of Hormuz?
7:50–27:14
4
What historical context is relevant to current maritime security issues?
27:14–1:41:08
5
What are the implications of special economic zones on medical experimentation?
1:41:08–1:41:43
6
How does venture capital influence medical development in unregulated zones?
1:41:43–1:42:06
7
What are the ethical concerns surrounding unregulated medical trials in Honduras?
1:42:06–1:43:13
8
How is venture capital reshaping political landscapes in Latin America?
1:43:13–3:17:19