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Elessar · 31-35, M
They hate each other slightly less than they hate the rest of the world.
It's a party of knives, more than an alliance.
It's a party of knives, more than an alliance.
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Elessar · 31-35, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Kinda, but in the G7 there's also actual partnerships that go beyond pure economy. BRICS is more of a crammed up alliance of countries that are far more disaligned or even competing against each other.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@Elessar Well you are right the G7 is used as more of an economic forum. It is also used to issue edicts to the rest of the globe and demand conformity with the neo liberal model such as imposing austerity.
But BRICS works because it is about business. And nobody is gaslighting the world about "global values".
And BRICS have outperformed the G7 for 4 years straight. That is a trend at this point. The G7 is becoming more and more irrelevant by the year.
We also will finally see global economics being shaped by the global majority instead of a tiny rich minority.
But BRICS works because it is about business. And nobody is gaslighting the world about "global values".
And BRICS have outperformed the G7 for 4 years straight. That is a trend at this point. The G7 is becoming more and more irrelevant by the year.
We also will finally see global economics being shaped by the global majority instead of a tiny rich minority.
Elessar · 31-35, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow lolol, Putin and Xi definitely not using BRICS to try to create their own sphere of influence instead.
If you remove China from the equation you have a bunch of second/third world countries with a cumulative GDP and ability to project power that is possibly below that of France (alone, without NATO). China doesn't really have allies, and you can see in Foundations, its "allies" know it very well and have dismantling it as a priority once the west is no longer a threat (assuming it ever will; been hearing of the west "falling" every year since I was a kid and we're still here).
Even the EU that internationally speaking is toothless has more relevance and international credibility than BRICS.
If you remove China from the equation you have a bunch of second/third world countries with a cumulative GDP and ability to project power that is possibly below that of France (alone, without NATO). China doesn't really have allies, and you can see in Foundations, its "allies" know it very well and have dismantling it as a priority once the west is no longer a threat (assuming it ever will; been hearing of the west "falling" every year since I was a kid and we're still here).
Even the EU that internationally speaking is toothless has more relevance and international credibility than BRICS.
global majority
Easily obtained considering that India and China alone have >1.4bln people each. At the end of the day, however, in the international scene it doesn't matter how many people live per country. Having 1.4bln people don't automatically make you more influent than a country that has 300M, the variables that determine which countries have influence are many, and for the most part not related to the population size.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Elessar socialist. They're not just hateful business cogs. Unthinkable.
Elessar · 31-35, M
@Roundandroundwego Even Reagan is closer to socialism than anyone who supports Putin. 😋
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Elessar the BRICS countries claim to be doing things to raise their population s living standards and they're building actual connections, bridges and railway. NATO may bomb it all. You ain't raising nothing and working is not democracy. You ain't taking no pipelines.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Roundandroundwego e we u definitely understand Western contempt. It's showing. Let's go away from talking about it with your side.
Elessar · 31-35, M
@Roundandroundwego Even Reagan is closer to socialism than you. 😋
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Elessar it's about me. Y'all are doing it. Ecocide is available to yall. Security is war. Borders are cutting the grass. You win.
Elessar · 31-35, M
@Roundandroundwego Yeah I'm sure Putin cares about the environment lmao
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@Elessar Seems like you are the only one who takes Dugin's writing seriously. 😂
And your analysis of China reads like the Falun Gong nuts who have been predicting the fall of China once a month since 1989.
You missed the point. Almost 2 billion people out of 7 billion directing global trade is a hell of a lot closer to democratic than 300m dictating global policy to 8 billion.
The EU and the G7 are yesterdays news and have been on the decline for half a decade while the opposite is true of BRICS.
Sorry man but you sound like a Limey desperately trying to cope with the fact Britain is not an empire anymore.
It is the same desperate clinging to the past and pretending the current reality is just a fluke that will pass.
And your analysis of China reads like the Falun Gong nuts who have been predicting the fall of China once a month since 1989.
You missed the point. Almost 2 billion people out of 7 billion directing global trade is a hell of a lot closer to democratic than 300m dictating global policy to 8 billion.
The EU and the G7 are yesterdays news and have been on the decline for half a decade while the opposite is true of BRICS.
Sorry man but you sound like a Limey desperately trying to cope with the fact Britain is not an empire anymore.
It is the same desperate clinging to the past and pretending the current reality is just a fluke that will pass.