Just posted this on Bluesky because I just watched it too.
The standing ovation, rare for Davos (and for whatever it’s worth), recognizes two things:
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Canada’s proximity to the hegemon mentioned.
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Carney’s stature in the world of finance.
That’s it. The content, the message tilted toward an activist approach, in my opinion. It is consistent with the calculations and moves made so far. But, it is not revolutionary or beyond the scope of the established political moment.
There is merit in developing the “networks” he mentioned. There is truth in the act of “taking the signs down”. None of it is new. -2 burned the US sign on the White House lawn exactly nine years ago.
Courting China is basic math at this point. Canada’s resources — fossil fuels, rare earth metals, water, the Arctic Ocean — go a long way in that conversation. Too bad it’ll cost Canada’s reputation for environmentalism, attempts at reconciliation, and other human rights championeering. It is a Brave New World, though much like the old world, now with AI.
As long as we are playing a zero-sum game — enforced by military-industrial actors, a capitalist-loving system, and fractious bets on future value — winners, offensively, seek power by force; and losers organize defense against attacks. The rhetoric is the opposite: winners play victim; losers stage victories. What a circus!
Bye, Del-cy-sha.
Ok, I don’t wish her harm or any ill will. I just know that, in this meat grinder of international diplomacy, theres a cost if she tries to push back on Lord Farquaad’s wishes. He’s already promised he would harm her — like every other woman he’s ever encountered.
Beneath the politics, almost certainly, Delcy Rodriguez and María Corina Machado both want what will benefit Venezuelans. Or, perhaps, they only want to serve their own supporters. Regardless, neither of these women will gain from participating in the Game of Thrones that Washington has engaged.
Also, Angela Means’s quest to vindicate Felisha has merit. Much is assumed about her. Few, if any, care for her. These are the stories we promote. This is the world we promote.