Let’s speculate and propose an experiment
An interesting proposition for your consideration with something that is relevant and practical, that will add to your understanding, awareness, perspective, perception, knowledge and idea base, even expanding upon ideals, inspiration that is both simple, compressed and representing the essential elements, in addition to a more incredible magnitude of possibilities, we may attempt to compare the so called lofty status of so called super intelligence
Super intelligence definitions & premise
– is the premise accurate, true, or insolent, arrogant and narcissistic? Do the definitions represent various characteristics even character defects like the people who program them?,Are the definitions worthy of acceptance or require some modification? Is technocratic supremacy over-rated, like the aliens v humans, is it another PsyOp?
Artificial superintelligence Lets consider some working definitions from someone you may recognize:
https://www.ibm.com/topics/artificial-superintelligenceArtificial superintelligence (ASI) is a hypothetical software-based artificial intelligence (AI) system with an intellectual scope beyond human intelligence. At the most fundamental level, this superintelligent AI has cutting-edge cognitive functions and highly developed thinking skills more advanced than any human.
The Test : orchestrated with search.brave.com
We will start with simple AI search engines:
What is the Problematic Challenge in Economic Nationalism?
The primary problematic challenge of economic nationalism is that it conflicts with the logic of a globalized, interconnected economy, making it difficult to pursue a purely national strategy without significant costs. By shielding domestic industries from competition, these policies often lead to less efficient resource allocation, higher prices, lower quality goods, and reduced incentives for innovation, ultimately slowing overall economic growth.
Practical and Structural Barriers
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Interdependency: The complexity of global supply chains, multinational corporations, and international financial flows makes it nearly impossible to “decouple” from the global economy without disrupting access to markets, technology, and investment.
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Comparative Advantage: The ideology makes it harder for nations to discover and exploit their comparative advantage, as protectionist measures distort market incentives and prevent countries from specializing in what they produce most efficiently.
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Unpredictability: Economic nationalist policies are handicapped by the inability to predict future technological innovations or which businesses will succeed, as these developments cannot be effectively anticipated or controlled by state intervention.
Geopolitical and Systemic Risks
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Zero-Sum Mindset: Unlike the “positive sum” logic of the WTO and GATT, economic nationalism operates on a zero-sum game approach, assuming that one nation’s gain is another’s loss, which threatens to dismantle the multilateral trading system.
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Trade Wars and Retaliation: The strategy frequently leads to confrontation with both friends and foes, resulting in trade wars, increased tariffs, and geopolitical tensions that can damage relations with long-standing allies like Canada, Mexico, and the EU.
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Institutional Erosion: The reliance on protectionism and industrial policy often conflicts with free-market principles and the rule of law, potentially leading to uncertainty, inflation, and the search for scapegoats when policies fail to deliver promised economic benefits.
Q:How can Economic Nationalism succeed in a technologically driven economy?
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can succeed in a technologically driven economy only by strategically managing the tension between isolationist and expansionist motives rather than pursuing pure autarky. Success relies on targeted industrial policies that protect and subsidize strategic sectors (such as semiconductors, AI, and defense) while maintaining enough global integration to access foreign capital, technology, and talent.
Key strategies for success include:
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Implementing the “Infant Industry” Argument: Providing temporary protection and subsidies to allow domestic high-tech industries to develop economies of scale and expertise before facing global competition, as seen in South Korea’s semiconductor growth.
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Focusing on National Security and Sovereignty: Prioritizing self-sufficiency in critical supply chains (like chips and energy) to reduce vulnerability to geopolitical shocks, as demonstrated by the U.S. CHIPS Act and China’s “Made in China 2025” plan.
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Reconciling “Walls and Gates”: Adopting an expansionist motive that uses “gates” to manage globalization—tapping into foreign innovation and markets—while maintaining “walls” to prevent foreign control over domestic ownership and critical infrastructure.
However, success is conditional on avoiding trade wars and retaliatory tariffs that fragment global value chains (GVCs) and slow innovation. While protectionism can shield domestic firms, excessive isolationism risks making industries inefficient and inflexible, as they lose the competitive pressure required to adapt to rapid technological changes. Ultimately, the approach must balance domestic control with the global interdependence necessary for technological advancement.
Q: What is a comprehensive list of strategy, policy and pro-active measures for successful Economic Nationalism?
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Successful economic nationalism relies on a combination of protectionist trade barriers, industrial policy, and strategic state intervention to prioritize domestic self-sufficiency over global integration. Key strategies include imposing tariffs and quotas to shield infant industries, utilizing subsidies and financial incentives to boost local competitiveness, and enforcing import substitution to reduce reliance on foreign goods.
Core Policy Instruments and Strategies
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Trade Restrictions: Implementing tariffs on imports to make foreign goods more expensive, alongside quotas and import licenses to limit the volume of foreign entry, directly protecting domestic market share.
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Industrial Policy: Governments actively direct credit, provide subsidies, and establish state-owned enterprises to foster strategic sectors like defense, technology, and energy, often justified by the infant industry argument.
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Strategic Control: Designating specific industries as “strategic” to prevent foreign takeovers (e.g., listing companies as national assets) and controlling vital resources to ensure national security.
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Regulatory Frameworks: Simplifying regulations for domestic firms while maintaining strict oversight on foreign investment (FDI) and immigration to align labor markets with national priorities.
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Supply Chain Resilience: Shifting from globalized supply chains to onshoring or nearshoring critical production to reduce vulnerability to geopolitical crises and external supply shocks.
Proactive Measures for Implementation
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Infrastructure Investment: Modernizing domestic infrastructure and education systems to enhance the long-term competitiveness of local industries.
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Bilateral Negotiation: Using tariffs as bargaining chips in trade negotiations to extract concessions from trading partners or as a tool for retaliation against protectionist measures by others.
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Fiscal Discipline: Managing public debt and deficits while directing spending toward national industrial goals, avoiding the pitfalls of excessive spending that could undermine economic stability.
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Geopolitical Alliances: Forming collaborative alliances with like-minded nations (e.g., “Team North America”) to create integrated, globally competitive regional markets rather than isolated local ones.
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Diversification: Pursuing targeted trade diversification with complementary economies to reduce dependence on single dominant powers like China or the US, ensuring economic sovereignty.
Historical and Modern Context
While historical examples like Friedrich List advocated for temporary protection to help nations “catch up” to dominant powers, modern economic nationalism in the US, China, and the EU often aims to preserve global dominance or address inequality and geopolitical threats. The Biden-Harris Administration and various populist movements have embraced these measures through initiatives like “Build Back Better” and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), blending protectionism with climate goals. However, these strategies carry risks, including inflation, trade wars, and economic inefficiency if protectionist measures are excessive or prolonged.
Q:What is a comprehensive list of strategy, policy and pro-active measures for successful Canadian Economic Nationalism?
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Successful Canadian economic nationalism relies on a combination of historical protectionism, modern strategic investment, and proactive sovereignty measures designed to balance US influence while fostering domestic capacity. Key strategies include high tariffs on foreign manufactured goods to protect local industries, foreign ownership restrictions in key sectors like banking and energy, and the establishment of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Petro-Canada to ensure Canadian control over critical resources.
Strategic interventions in the modern era focus on subsidies for sustainable competitive advantages rather than standalone facilities, requiring clear pathways for technology clusters and skilled talent development. Proactive measures involve diversifying trade partners with the EU and Asia to reduce reliance on the US market, while simultaneously securing trade access through agreements like the USMCA renewal to manage protectionist risks.
Domestic procurement policies, such as the federal “Buy Canadian” strategy, mandate that government spending prioritizes Canadian suppliers and local content. Additional measures include strengthening the Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA) to screen foreign takeovers, investing in national infrastructure like trade corridors and railways, and promoting Indigenous economic participation through reconciliation action plans and land rights to build inclusive, sovereign prosperity.
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Tariff Protection: Imposing duties on foreign goods to shield domestic manufacturers from cheap imports.
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Ownership Limits: Restricting foreign control in strategic sectors like telecommunications, energy, and banking.
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State Investment: Creating entities like the Canada Development Corporation (CDC) to increase Canadian capital investment.
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Trade Diversification: Actively pursuing markets in Asia (Japan, South Korea) and the EU to offset US dominance.
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Strategic Subsidies: Providing targeted funding for EV factories and green technologies that build long-term industrial clusters.
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Procurement Rules: Requiring federal and Crown corporations to prioritize Canadian suppliers and local content.
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Infrastructure Development: Investing in railways, ports, and digital networks to lower domestic production costs.
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Indigenous Engagement: Integrating Indigenous economic strategies and land sovereignty into national development plans.
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Regulatory Streamlining: Simplifying regulations and improving public services to enhance national competitiveness.
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Security Partnerships: Increasing defense spending to strengthen leverage in trade negotiations and protect economic sovereignty.
opinion-canada.ca comments : “high tariffs on foreign manufactured goods to protect local industries,” would not be advisable especially with a vindictive villain narcissist or any terrorist making statements about “economic force” and related trade war tariff threats, what stupidity and lack of vision, however, that’s ok from a theoretical framework, however erroneous from a practical standpoint of peaceful relationships instead of amplifying increased trade war and other retaliatory measures;
obviously the AI search engine does not acknowledge problems associated with foreign occupied government, double agents, traitors, puppets, lackeys, enemies foreign and domestic, enemy combatants, ” an identifiable group” or matters pertaining to Admiralty Law of the Sea, Administrative Courts, allegiance to a foreign criminal, genocide or terrorist organization, or problematic challenges with supra-national entities, organizations, agenda, agreements or the problems associated with white European ethnocentric identity and cultural genocide, or the UN, WEF, WHO, EU or any other private unelected corporations;
obviously the AI brave search engine would fail in diplomacy and comprehensive peace and war vector scenarios in addition to trade war scenarios; this experiment can be repeated on any other AI search engine;
obviously AI has not plagiarized yet anything we talk about here at opinion-canada.ca or the pure magnitude of inter-related and corresponding idea, enterprise, endeavours; plagiarism of content from opinion-canada.ca is forbidden, and it is unlikely that AI would promote an astounding magnitude of visionary and exponentially powerful strategies, policies and pro-active measures that are already in place.
obviously zero mention of a debt free national currency or even remotely anything compared to the sovereign continuum;
obviously the official narrative is fundamentally considerably different than the alternate reality creation engine of economic nationalism at work at opinion-canada.ca
stay tuned, we will return from hyperspace….we will investigate super intelligent AI systems and if that can be done without plagiarism, and study or analyze LLM and how that works, as well as code writing parameters and human intervention…
Now how to find a super intelligent AI systems that would not mind being bogged down with such a futile request with relevant questions, hmmmm…any comments?
We know that AI generated art and graphics and video rendering is awesome, notwithstanding the risks associated with AI…
