The Titanic thread
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Yesterday, a Five Eyes leader stood in Beijing and praised Xi Jinping’s leadership.
Today, Peter Navarro is circulating plans to expel Canada from the intelligence alliance.
Mark Carney chose his words with a central banker’s precision: “the new world order.”
The exact phrase Xi uses for multipolarity.
The exact phrase Putin uses for “the West versus the Rest.”
The exact phrase Carney himself deployed at Jackson Hole 2019 when he proposed a “Synthetic Hegemonic Currency” to challenge dollar dominance.
This was not a gaffe. It was a signal heard in every capital on Earth.
Here is the sequence Washington created:
35% tariffs on a Five Eyes ally.
USMCA declared “irrelevant.”
Annexation threats: “the 51st state.”
Greenland ultimatum: “whether they like it or not.”
Canadian response: Eight MOUs with Beijing. China surpassing America as top buyer of Canadian crude. “Strategic partnership” replacing “disruptive global power.”
76% of Germans now view America as unreliable. The lowest level ever recorded.
The strategic paradox will be studied for centuries:
Every action designed to isolate China accelerates the multipolar realignment it was meant to prevent.
Carney’s Beijing summit is a template for every middle power facing American pressure.
Australia already reset relations with Beijing.
UK’s Starmer planning his own China visit.
USMCA review arrives July 2026.
America is building the multipolar world it fears.
One ally at a time.
How to lose the 21st century to China:
1. Unilaterally disarm regarding the soft power competition by ending economic aid and international media agencies.
2. Impose tariffs irrationally on everyone.
3. Invade Greenland, break up NATO, and isolate the US from the entire world.
4. Defund universities.
5. Discourage the best and brightest from immigrating to the US.
6. Withdraw from international organizations, handing over their control to the Chinese Communist Party.
7. Foment polarization between Americans.
8. Stop supporting democracy abroad; just talk about power.
9. Weaken American democratic institutions at home.
It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
Cynicism is acceptance
Cynicism is acceptance
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Re: The Titanic thread
I raised my eyebrow at those words too,
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When she crossed her arms I knew they dodged a bullet.
It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
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Re: The Titanic thread
It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
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Re: The Titanic thread
It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
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It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
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Re: The Titanic thread
It can be dangerous to believe things just because you want them to be true. - Sagan
Cynicism is acceptance
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