
#547 – Round Up 10.29.26 – Kings of Effortlessness | Emergency Polar
October 30, 2026Writer and artist Michael Adamson joins us to outline his proposed Canadian economic and political model, which he calls “CANXIT” and connects to permanent abundance and sovereignty. The conversation ranges from reactivating mines and building domestic supply chains to a proposed citizen dividend, liquid democracy, digital currency, and the risks of centralized control; the hosts question how the ideas would work in practice.
key topics
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Michael Adamson frames Canada’s resources, ports, and lower population as ingredients for economic reform, while Graham Dunlop and Darren Grimes compare the benefits and costs of mining in their hometowns.
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Adamson proposes reactivating dormant mines and pairing extraction with local smelting, manufacturing, rail, and community businesses instead of exporting raw materials.
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He argues for rebuilding domestic capacity in energy, food, medicine, and other essentials, and discusses hydro infrastructure, deindustrialization, and supply-chain chokepoints.
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Adamson describes “CANXIT” as a sovereignty-oriented alternative to existing political and economic models, including a proposed one-time million-dollar citizen dividend and a new Canadian currency concept he calls “maple coins.”
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The hosts press Adamson on inflation, the scale of the proposed payout, whether it should be conditional, and how the plan differs from modern monetary theory or a loan.
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Adamson imagines liquid democracy using smartphones for direct public input on local and national decisions, while raising questions about digital identity, surveillance, and financial oversight.
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The conversation turns to political power, Canadian sovereignty, Crown Land, First Nations policy, and Adamson’s view that technology could replace some functions of conventional politicians.
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Adamson advocates a more self-reliant Canadian economy and discusses how the model might support communities, entrepreneurship, public services, and industrial development.
key frameworks
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CANXIT (Adamson’s proposed sovereignty and economic model)
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Liquid democracy
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Permanent abundance
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Commercial insurgency
Now based in Toronto, Adamson continues to produce ambitious, materially committed paintings that speak directly to the current cultural hunger for authenticity, optimism, and human presence in a digitally saturated age…
Canadian painter and writer. “niche dissident/art-critic”-Grok
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