• grte@lemmy.ca
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    I can’t speak to that, I am not a naval expert. I just assumed Carney was never seriously considering the SK option.

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      Ah, so this is an entirely self-contained belief system. He chose this option because he’s “eurocentric,” and he’s eurocentric because he chose this option.

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        Sure, I guess, if you think the only thing I’ve ever heard about Carney is this particular news.

        If you are kind enough to assume I’m not a total dipshit, you might consider that I’ve noticed other signs.

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        No, I just try to keep my eye on the wider picture.

        Really. The UK, a basket case of a country that is coming apart at the seams, with a separatist party running each of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, gets this kind of treatment but the continent of Africa doesn’t even get a guy to go check things out? Despite everyone saying it’s set to boom and Carney having a mandate to seek out new trade relationships? Give your head a fuckin’ shake.

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          I’m sure in your mind somewhere, there is a very logic link.

          But realize that for everyone outside your bubble, picking between a South Korean’s company submarine model and a German’s company submarine model has absolutely no relation whatsoever with Africa, and probably not much to do with the UK either.

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            The point was to illustrate Carney’s Eurocentrism with an example, seeing as people seemed to assume my opinion was settled based on the submarine news alone. I wasn’t trying to link Africa with South Korea, Germany, or Norway.

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              If you want an example, use $150,000,000 in taxpayer dollars to enter Canada in Eurovision.

              And maybe this public ‘eurocentrism’ might be a good idea with our current negotiations with our largest trading partner who insists we need them.

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      This is kind of funny after the major China deal and all the noise the bigots on the other side of the fence said about that one. I’m pretty sure the most important color to Carney is green.

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        How major a deal was that, really? 49k cars when we sold 1,918,861 in 2024. (Oh, and significant chunk of those “Chinese” imports are fucking Teslas.)

        It was certainly a major PR win for Carney at a time when our anger at the US was boiling over.