🔥 GeezerWise Says: What Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud

Written by Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise)

A clear-eyed Canadian look at sovereignty, geopolitics…

and the bullshit polite people whisper about… until it’s too late.

I didn’t plan to spend the back half of my seventies writing about sovereignty, geopolitics, and the slow-motion unraveling happening right in front of us.

But here we are.

I’ve lived long enough to watch history repeat itself in different outfits…

and I’ve watched Canadians keep doing what we do best:

Staying calm.
Staying polite.
Staying quiet.

Even when the ground is moving under our feet.

And right now, the ground is moving.

Not because Canada suddenly became “political”…

but because the world is getting sharper, colder, and less stable… and pretending everything is fine doesn’t protect anyone.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth:

We live next door to a superpower that’s losing its grip — and we’re still acting like it’s 1998.

For most of my life, the U.S. was loud, chaotic, occasionally embarrassing… but fundamentally dependable.

You could roll your eyes at the circus, but you could trust the structure underneath it.

That’s not what we’re dealing with anymore.

The global order is shifting.
Alliances are wobbling.
Countries are re-arming.

Borders are becoming “real” again… not just lines on a map.

And Canada is being forced to face questions we haven’t had to answer in generations:

• What does sovereignty actually mean when the world stops playing nice?

• What happens when your closest ally is too distracted to defend itself — never mind you?

• How long can a country survive on politeness when everyone else is sharpening their edges?

That’s why I write.

Not as a pundit.
Not as a partisan.
Not as someone trying to “win” arguments online.

I write as a 73-year-old Canadian who’s watched enough cycles to recognize the smell of trouble before it becomes official.

GeezerWise Says is where I do that.

Not rage.
Not propaganda.
Not tribal cheerleading.

Just signal through noise.

If you want polite small talk, you’re in the wrong place.

But if you want straight talk — no spin, no team jerseys, no bullshit — pull up a chair.

I’ll keep saying the quiet parts out loud while Canada still has time to think clearly.

Subscribe if you want to stay ahead of the noise.

We’re going to need clear thinking for the road ahead.

— Fred Ferguson (GeezerWise) 😎✌

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