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Mark Carney essentially said that the liberal rules based world order was a convenient lie everyone went along with because American hegemony opened up markets and sea lanes for them. (www.weforum.org)
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[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Refreshing to hear from Western leaders that get it. Carney and Finland's Stubbe are the two to listen to for sure.

They both seem to understand that power will gradually drift towards the Global South over time since that region makes up 80% of humanity. The West can still punch above its weight (relative to population size) but anyone that truly believes in democracy, representation and oppurtunity on a global scale will welcome this inevitable transition.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No. The global south includes China which is one of the great powers who he spoke of weaponizing trade and abusing the rules based order.

He spoke of middle powers and their collective capacity to not be competetive beggars and supplicants.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Right, China is the first country in the Global South to get there but there will be others. Both seem to recognize a need for middle powers (ie the majority of Western countries) to change their geopolitical approach because of this shifting landscape. Middle powers need to be much more pragmatic by forming coalitions when they can or risk being swallowed whole.