The World 2026: The FT's Oracle of Davosian Delusion
📰 THE STORY: The Financial Times' 'World 2026' report promises insights into a future shaped by 'Trump’s shock and awe vision for a new era of US power,' the 'dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism,' and scrutiny of multilateralism, defence spending, trade, and AI, framed through the lens of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The idea of a
'new era of US power' ignores over a century of aggressive US foreign policy, from the 1898 occupation of the Philippines, the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala for the United Fruit Company, to the 2003 'shock and awe' invasion of Iraq that destabilized an entire region. The 'triumph of neo-mercantilism' is simply a rebranding of predatory capitalism and imperialism, a continuity from the British East
India Company's practices in the 17th century to the IMF's structural adjustments crippling Global South economies today. Double Standard: When China expands its trade routes, it's 'debt-trap diplomacy' or 'neo-mercantilism.' When the US weaponizes the dollar, implements unilateral sanctions (like those starving people in Venezuela and Afghanistan), and forces 'free trade' agreements that benefit
Western corporations, it's 'US leadership' or 'globalization.' The FT's 'scrutiny of multilateralism' will conveniently sidestep the US's historical undermining of the UN, the ICC, and international treaties whenever they don't serve Washington's interests. Follow the Money: The Davos attendees, the very people whose 'Davosian' language the FT playfully dissects, are the beneficiaries. 'Defence