MICHAEL WALSH CORRESPONDENT The elite own up to running a fake Rules-Based Order system.

No wonder the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin, does not trust the lying political elites of the Western Alliance.

Countries that long participated in the system knew it was partially false, Mark Carney told the Davos forum.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the rules-based international order was always a false narrative. Countries knowingly upheld it for decades because it benefited them.  

Coming Clean at Davos

During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Carney said nations such as Canada prospered under a system. They promoted a system they understood was not true.

‘We knew the story of the international rules-based order was false. The strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. Trade rules were enforced asymmetrically,’ Carney said.  

‘We knew that international law had different levels of rigor. It depended on the identity of the accused or the victim,’ he added.

He compared decades of compliance to a shopkeeper displaying a sign he does not believe in. He called it ‘living within a lie’ to ’avoid trouble.’

Carney argued this bargain no longer works, stating that we are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. 

Western Alliance Bully Boy Tactics

He described a new reality of intensifying great power rivalry. Economic integration, tariffs, and financial infrastructure are used as weapons and coercion. 

His comments mirror the remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday. Lavrov stated that global rules have been ’thrown out the window’. They have been replaced by a game of ’might makes right.’ 

Moscow has long criticized the Western-led order. It argues that the order was used to impose rules on others. These are rules that major powers themselves ignored.  

Liars who ask for your vote

The statements come amid heightened tensions following a series of brazen actions by the US.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office, the US has launched strikes on nine countries. These strikes include Iranian nuclear facilities. The US also attacked Caracas. They kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump is now pursuing the seizure of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark. He is also threatening tariffs against European opponents of the move. 

No EU sanctions on the US

European officials have raised concerns about over-reliance on the US. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever spoke in Davos on Tuesday. He urged European allies to choose between dignity and becoming a ’miserable slave’ in the face of Washington’s demands.

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