Was thinking today, if only the fine (conservative) Canadian thinker #GeorgeGrant had lived to hear the #DAVOS speech by #MarkCarney. Grant in his #LamentForANation, regretted, way back in the 1960s, that his country was losing its dignity by making itself subservient to the US.
January 21, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Was thinking today, if only the fine (conservative) Canadian thinker #GeorgeGrant had lived to hear the #DAVOS speech by #MarkCarney. Grant in his #LamentForANation, regretted, way back in the 1960s, that his country was losing its dignity by making itself subservient to the US.
Empires don’t die from weakness.
They die from refusal:
the refusal to grow, to change, to face the mirror.
You can’t restore greatness by running backward.
#AmericanParadox #LamentForANation
They die from refusal:
the refusal to grow, to change, to face the mirror.
You can’t restore greatness by running backward.
#AmericanParadox #LamentForANation
October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Empires don’t die from weakness.
They die from refusal:
the refusal to grow, to change, to face the mirror.
You can’t restore greatness by running backward.
#AmericanParadox #LamentForANation
They die from refusal:
the refusal to grow, to change, to face the mirror.
You can’t restore greatness by running backward.
#AmericanParadox #LamentForANation