B.t.w., on a more useless note, i’ve been playing with some possible acronyms for the past hour, without success, my favorite for now is « I(ran) B(razil)E(thiopia)A(rgentina)R(ussia) E(gypt)C(hina)E(mirates)S(audi arabia)I(ndia)S(outh africa) ».
An ecesis being the successful establishment of a plant/animal in a habitat that was barren previously.
Here’s some failed attempts :
- scareee ibis
- see, ibis care
- erase ibices
- i see bear, sic!
- icee braises
- ricee biases
- baeee! Crisis!
- raise, EECbis
- And i’ll spare you even worse ones
Yeah, i’m not sure that they’ll be called by their acronym anymore, but who cares right ? They’ve made an alliance with the Middle-East, now include the two largest countries in South America, and even set a second foot in Africa with the ultra-famous Ethiopia(, one of the first christian countries, a communist history, one of the few never colonized, etc.) ! Well worth more than a single toast.
The world doesn’t have to be divided, it’s the west who refuses to live with such differences as socialism, islamism, or whatever survived the colonization, if this alliance enables diversity( in unity) then that’s a good thing.
The oil producers joining BRICS will definitely have a big impact in geopolitics, without exageration, this is the end of the petrodolar.
Honestly I hope the BRICS bank does come to fruition. China has already done a lot for the developing world and an alternative for the IMF which doesn’t require implementing neoliberal policies would benefit many counties.
Argentina and Iran were pretty much a done deal, and Saudi Arabia was a maybe but i didn’t expect Egypt so soon, and Ethiopia was the most positive surprise of all. This has the potential to do a ton of economic good for Ethiopia and i am really happy for them, they deserve a win after the hard times they’ve been having recently fighting against their US backed rebels.
They want to be like Turkey and play both sides for their own advantage. In a period of prolonged great power confrontation hedging your bets like that can be very profitable. But it’s hard to pull off, it’s a delicate balancing act that carries with it inherent risks and requires that you have something that is vitally important to both sides. Turkey has its strategic location, the Saudis have their oil, so both sides of the new cold war have to put up with their opportunism. But if you’re unimportant and weak you will not be allowed to sit on the fence, you will be forced into one of the two camps which is what happened first to Ukraine which was not allowed to be the middle man between Russia and Europe, and now on a larger scale to all of Europe which has been forced by its imperial masters in Washington to break their lucrative economic relations with Russia, and in the future may again be forced to do the same with China. Obviously the Saudis do not want to be put in such a position of humiliating subservience that forces them to self-harm and go against their own interests.
India and china Saudia and Iran Brazil and Argentina Ethiopia and Egypt Damn
The willingness to put aside differences…
It just goes to show…
How much the whole world fucking hates the US.
Iranian: never thought I’d die side by side with a saudi…🤔
Saudi: how about side by side with an anti imperialist? 😊
(I know theyve tried to stress BRICS is not about anti imperialism or combatting US hegemony, but what you say versus what you’re doing in practice well…)
Change BRICS to Belt and Road Initiative Community of States maybe.
