New World Order
Mar. 10th, 2026 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Paul said we should listen to the speech Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave to the Australian Parliament. It had given him hope he said.
It was a very smooth speech of course, unruffled, a statesman's speech- but under the glistening, icy surface you could sense the land masses shifting. He was saying that "middle powers" like Australia and Canada should build their strength through co-operation- and move out of the shadow of "the hegemons"- by which he mainly meant the United States. The old order was collapsing and the smarter smaller nations should set about building the new. He didn't mention the sick old man in the White House but the message to him was clear. "We don't trust you any more. We don't need you any more...."
It was a very smooth speech of course, unruffled, a statesman's speech- but under the glistening, icy surface you could sense the land masses shifting. He was saying that "middle powers" like Australia and Canada should build their strength through co-operation- and move out of the shadow of "the hegemons"- by which he mainly meant the United States. The old order was collapsing and the smarter smaller nations should set about building the new. He didn't mention the sick old man in the White House but the message to him was clear. "We don't trust you any more. We don't need you any more...."
