Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 23:17     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:What an important speech for countries of the world being bullied by the US. Here is an excerpt:

"In 1978, the Czech dissident Václav Havel, later president, wrote an essay called “The Power of the Powerless,” and in it he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself?

And his answer began with a greengrocer.

Every morning, the shopkeeper places a sign in his window: “Workers of the world unite.” He doesn’t believe in it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along. And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists — not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false.

Havel called this living within a lie. The system’s power comes not from its truth, but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true. And its fragility comes from the same source. When even one person stops performing, when the greengrocer removes his sign, the illusion begins to crack.

Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down."


Thank you for posting bc I had not seen the full speech. Trump is crazy and terrible. But this speech is just awful. Workers of the world should unite. Thats a great slogan and what we should do. It’s not performative. The backlash from the elite and establishment to that slogan is why we are in the mess of the world we are now.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:53     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just watched the speech as a Canadian. I am proud of our PM. I know live in a place that would feel definitely be a military target for the US. At least we go down with integrity if it ever happens.


I'm sorry PP. Truly.


Thank you. It is true. I live among American soldiers due to NORAD. I also edited the post for our DCUM peeps.

“I just watched the speech as a Canadian. I am proud of our PM. I now live in a place that would definitely be a military target for the US. At least we go down with integrity if it ever happens.”
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:46     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:I just watched the speech as a Canadian. I am proud of our PM. I know live in a place that would feel definitely be a military target for the US. At least we go down with integrity if it ever happens.


I'm sorry PP. Truly.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:44     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
I just watched the speech as a Canadian. I am proud of our PM. I know live in a place that would feel definitely be a military target for the US. At least we go down with integrity if it ever happens.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:34     Subject: Re:Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:Back to the speech:

One of the best I’ve heard in a while.


+1. A good reminder of what a real leader looks like.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:24     Subject: Re:Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Back to the speech:

One of the best I’ve heard in a while.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:20     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:The French gave Trump Intel in confIdence because they suspected he was leaking to Putin. So they set up a sting. He gave it to Putin. He did.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.



do you have a link?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:10     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting that I’ve heard the word “appeasement” a few times from other leaders.

This seems a lot like a not so veiled warning and reference to Neville.


ya think?


Of course.


I think the Pp was being sarcastic. The only way Carney could have made what he was saying more obvious is if he made his speech in front of a picture of Hitler and the swastika


I know, I was simply calling out the angsty teen tone of their needless reply.


Nothing wrong with pointing out that a PP is explaining something very obvious as if it were a great insight.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:04     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting that I’ve heard the word “appeasement” a few times from other leaders.

This seems a lot like a not so veiled warning and reference to Neville.


ya think?


Of course.


I think the Pp was being sarcastic. The only way Carney could have made what he was saying more obvious is if he made his speech in front of a picture of Hitler and the swastika


I know, I was simply calling out the angsty teen tone of their needless reply.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:03     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
The French gave Trump Intel in confIdence because they suspected he was leaking to Putin. So they set up a sting. He gave it to Putin. He did.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.

Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 22:01     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting that I’ve heard the word “appeasement” a few times from other leaders.

This seems a lot like a not so veiled warning and reference to Neville.


ya think?


Of course.


I think the Pp was being sarcastic. The only way Carney could have made what he was saying more obvious is if he made his speech in front of a picture of Hitler and the swastika
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 21:54     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting that I’ve heard the word “appeasement” a few times from other leaders.

This seems a lot like a not so veiled warning and reference to Neville.


ya think?


Of course.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 21:54     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting that I’ve heard the word “appeasement” a few times from other leaders.

This seems a lot like a not so veiled warning and reference to Neville.


DUH.


Do you feel important now?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 21:46     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
Absolutely savage invoking Vaclav Havel like that. Good on Carney. I wonder what the future holds for the rest of us.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2026 19:58     Subject: Mark Carney's Davos Speech
The lead story in today's Globe and Mail was about how Canada would respond to an American military invasion. Basically, it would be an Afghan style insurgency.

A year ago, the US and Canada were close allies, peaceful, big trading partners, culturally close and so on. And now after one year of Republican rule, the relationship is in tatters. The air is filled with talk of war, boycotts, tariffs, and the need for new alliances.

It is shocking how much destruction Republicans have inflicted in such a short time. Everything has changed. The western world now sees the US as an enemy to be feared - like Russia. And there's no going back. The entire post-WW II security and trading system has been shattered. It's a very new world.