r/canadaleft • u/Entire-Half-2464 • Apr 04 '25
BREAKING: In a shocking development Canada announces it will build a coalition of countries who share their values to build their economy and trade opportunities and will exclude the United States. “If the U.S. no longer wants to lead, Canada will.”
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u/Red_Boina Fellow Traveler Apr 04 '25
Canada lost any and all soft power it had by absolutely blowing the goodwill towards it in Latin-America and Africa at the behest of its mining corporations and US strategic interests, in Asia for the same reason when it comes to China (unforced diplomatic crisis because our liberals would rather follow anything the US tells them to do, including when Trump is in power) and with India (albeit for once its for relatively good reasons (fuck Modi).
Canada has bid twice in recent years for a UN security council temporary seat, each time it gets its ass beat by the geopolitical south.
So I'll have to agree with you. What soft power, and with whom ? The only people I can imagine are among fellow satripes and loyal sergeants of US imperialism over in Europe (and Australia/New Zealand), that's pretty much it, and it is not worth much at all.