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Malaysia to Join BRICS

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79 points eatonphil | 2 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.012s | source
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throw0101a ◴[18 Jun 24 11:02 UTC] No.40716265[source]▶
An observation from a little while ago:

> Pretty straightforward really. You combine Brazil's history of monetary stability, with Russia's respect for property rights, India's domestic tranquility, China's financial transparency, and South Africa's investment opportunities - and hey presto, you've got a new global money

* https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1665053372402081792

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eatonphil ◴[18 Jun 24 11:06 UTC] No.40716297[source]▶
David Frum being a writer for a US magazine, it seems perhaps worth taking his snickering with a grain of salt.
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keybored ◴[18 Jun 24 11:07 UTC] No.40716308[source]▶
Or just taking it with a grain of salt since it’s David Frum. :)
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1. eatonphil ◴[18 Jun 24 11:10 UTC] No.40716331[source]▶
I was resisting criticism of him and The Atlantic this one time. :)
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2. defrost ◴[18 Jun 24 11:22 UTC] No.40716426[source]▶
He's the Joe Rogan of Canadian born NeoCon's, former hype man and color commentator for both The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and the Bush Jr. administration, ... put your hands together for David Frum!!