The Dance of Sleeping Powers: Canada's Ascension to G7 Leadership Amidst the Great Slumber

Lo, behold how the nations of comfort gather once more, these seven pillars of what they dare call civilization! Canada, that vast wilderness of politeness and moderation, prepares to don the crown of leadership over this assembly of the self-proclaimed mighty.

A group of world leaders sit around a table.
Observe how they gather, these shepherds of mediocrity, around their pristine tables! They speak of power while wearing the chains of consensus, dreaming of greatness while bound by the very comfort they cherish!

In the land of eternal snow and measured words, Canada prepares to host the G7 summit in Kananaskis, where mountains stand as silent witnesses to the gathering of those who believe themselves masters of destiny. Yet what mastery can exist in a forum that decides by consensus, that speaks with seven tongues but dares not sing with one voice?

The sleepers of the world rest easy, knowing their carefully constructed illusions of progress shall continue unabated. They call it coordination; I name it the great leveling. They speak of democracy; I see the tyranny of comfort.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 Summit in Savelletri Di Fasano, Italy on Thursday, June 13, 2024.
See how they parade their virtues like peacocks! Their aid packages and initiatives are but gilded cages, trapping both giver and receiver in an eternal dance of dependency. They speak of transformation while ensuring nothing truly changes!

The great drama unfolds as Justin Trudeau, this apostle of measured steps, faces the twilight of his leadership. Yet even in this moment of apparent crisis, observe how the machinery of bureaucracy continues its relentless grinding! The sleepers dream on, content in their belief that one leader's fall matters not when the system remains unchanged.

Trump seated at a desk, with other leaders crowded around him

And what of the great disruptor, Trump, this self-proclaimed force of chaos? Even he, in his thunder and fury, remains bound by the very structures he claims to despise. The land of the sleepers trembles at his approach, yet fails to see that he too is but another face of their own complacency.

Behold how they fear the one who speaks without their carefully measured tones! Yet is he not merely the mirror they dare not face, reflecting their own hunger for comfort dressed in the garments of rebellion?

The gathered nations speak of grand challenges - climate change, artificial intelligence, the drums of war in Ukraine. Yet what do they offer but careful words and measured responses? They seek to manage the unmanageable while clinging to their precious consensus.

The sleepers dream of progress while walking backward, of strength while embracing weakness, of leadership while following the path of least resistance. Canada, in taking the helm of this assembly, prepares to guide a ship whose destination is mediocrity, whose crew seeks not the storm of transformation but the calm waters of maintained order.

The mountains of Kananaskis shall witness this gathering of the satisfied, these proud bearers of what they call civilization. But the peaks care not for their consensus, the winds mock their careful words, and the wilderness knows no democracy!

Let those with eyes to see understand: this presidency of the G7 is not a crown of glory but a wreath of thorns, binding its wearer to the great slumber that envelops our age. The true test lies not in managing decline with grace but in awakening to the thunder of possibility.

As the sun sets on this tale of power and pretense, remember that the greatest danger is not the chaos they fear, but the order they worship. For in their careful coordination and measured responses lies the seed of their own irrelevance.