@milkman76 @pinhman @dan613 he's literally talking about preserving the current liberal system in the face of the US turning on the vassals. That's the thrust of his speech.

@dan613 @milkman76 @pinhman if socialism was the dominant system in the world there would be no extractive hegemony in the first place, and hence this speech would not exist

@milkman76 @dan613 @pinhman for sure, it's one of the most significant admissions about the nature of the liberal world order to date

@dan613 @milkman76 @pinhman Carney's whole speech is about preserving the neoliberal order without the US. He's thesis is that western liberalism thrived under the US umbrella, and now that it's gone, western countries need to band together to preserve this system of relations going forward.

@dan613 I did answer your simple question, Carney openly admitted that the whole rules based order was the US projecting power globally subjugating non western nations to create favourable conditions for its vassals like Canada.

The article I linked you in the last reply gives the context for what Carney said with concrete examples of atrocities NATO engaged in Afghanistan, Libya, and many other countries.

@dan613 that reflects very poorly on your reading comprehension, which honestly explains a lot about this whole discussion. Here's a detailed explanation you can read since critical thinking isn't something you're capable of doing independently https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/davos-carney-and-the-staged-revolt

@dan613 no, I'm calling using military force to subjugate countries and extract their resources imperialism, try to put a bit more effort into your hamfisted trolling

@dan613 I have no idea how you arrived at that from me pointing out how Canada has been piggy backing on US imperialism

@dan613 you didn't actually read his speech did you?

@ferret we need a new generation of Marxists to step up and continue the effort of educating people, we need more people like Vijay Prashad around.

@dan613 trade that was enabled by the American hegemony

Michael Parenti, the renowned Marxist scholar, historian, and political scientist, passed today at age 92. With unmatched clarity, he made Marxism accessible and delivered an unflinching, impassioned critique of capitalism and imperialism. His lectures were not merely heard, they were felt, and they moved a generation. Rest in power, comrade. You will be deeply missed.

He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family.

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@dan613 the article discusses Carney's speech at the WEF, which was very much about continuing the liberal world order without the US.

Carney essentially said that everyone in the West went along American hegemony opened up markets and sea lanes for them. It was never about any principles like human rights.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/

Carney critiques the current global order but offers only a hardened neoliberalism as an alternative. His plan of tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, militarism, and pro-corporate trade deals, relies on a fantasy that a bloc of "middle powers" can forge a new order through nationalist strength while ignoring the structural collapse of capitalism. It's a delusional retreat into the very ideology that caused the crisis.

https://springmag.ca/carneys-realism-is-just-neoliberal-fan-fiction

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