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Related is the PM of Canada’s speech at Davos today. I don’t think that I have heard such a blunt assessment of the past and future from a politician, ever. Th

Related is the PM of Canada’s speech at Davos today. I don’t think that I have heard such a blunt assessment of the past and future from a politician, ever. This may be a historically significant speech. https://www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_TaVo?t=100 https://www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_TaVo?t=100

baxtr 9mo ago
"If we’re not at table, we’re on the menu" Good speech indeed
throw310822 9mo ago
Mark Carney is a great orator, I was impressed just a few days ago by his speech after meeting Xi Jinping in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLasfU4l__A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLasfU4l__A
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- consumer451 9mo ago
  Not only a great orator, but look at his resume: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney This man is clearly one of the leaders of the new free world.
  - mdnahas 9mo ago
    I started following him after he headed the UK central bank after running Canada’s central bank!
porkbrain 9mo ago
He quotes Václav Havel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Powerless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Powerless
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Herring 9mo ago
He is pissed. Damn. This will take a very long time to clean up… Assuming it’s reversible.
- consumer451 9mo ago
  I have been thinking about this speech and your comment for a couple days now. He should be pissed. Not as a Canadian, but as someone who understands the benefits of a global system of rules that has made everyone who cooperates rich, which has included himself. What we have witnessed under 47 is that a small group of the world's rich ideologues were so maniacal and myopic that they screwed it up for everyone. As a relative "poor", this pisses me off as well, as peace and prosperity will likely, at least temporarily, devolve for us all as Pax/Oeconomia Americana unwinds. Utter insanity.
  - Herring 9mo ago
    Maybe recheck how exposed your country is. It's really bad for Canada, since ~77% of all Canadian goods exports are headed to the US. It will take a long time for them to diversify. Same with Mexico and Taiwan, and to a lesser extent Vietnam and Ireland. Honestly as an American I'm just happy to see some open talk and movement by world leaders. This breakdown has been clear for at least 10 years, maybe 20 if you're smart, but nobody did anything. I hope Europe can learn to work with China here. I don't think the whole system is dead, they just need to find other dance partners.

baxtr 9mo ago

"If we’re not at table, we’re on the menu" Good speech indeed

throw310822 9mo ago

Mark Carney is a great orator, I was impressed just a few days ago by his speech after meeting Xi Jinping in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLasfU4l__A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLasfU4l__A

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consumer451 9mo ago
Not only a great orator, but look at his resume: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney This man is clearly one of the leaders of the new free world.
- mdnahas 9mo ago
  I started following him after he headed the UK central bank after running Canada’s central bank!

porkbrain 9mo ago

He quotes Václav Havel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Powerless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Powerless

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Herring 9mo ago

He is pissed. Damn. This will take a very long time to clean up… Assuming it’s reversible.

consumer451 9mo ago
I have been thinking about this speech and your comment for a couple days now. He should be pissed. Not as a Canadian, but as someone who understands the benefits of a global system of rules that has made everyone who cooperates rich, which has included himself. What we have witnessed under 47 is that a small group of the world's rich ideologues were so maniacal and myopic that they screwed it up for everyone. As a relative "poor", this pisses me off as well, as peace and prosperity will likely, at least temporarily, devolve for us all as Pax/Oeconomia Americana unwinds. Utter insanity.
- Herring 9mo ago
  Maybe recheck how exposed your country is. It's really bad for Canada, since ~77% of all Canadian goods exports are headed to the US. It will take a long time for them to diversify. Same with Mexico and Taiwan, and to a lesser extent Vietnam and Ireland. Honestly as an American I'm just happy to see some open talk and movement by world leaders. This breakdown has been clear for at least 10 years, maybe 20 if you're smart, but nobody did anything. I hope Europe can learn to work with China here. I don't think the whole system is dead, they just need to find other dance partners.