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Malaysia to Join BRICS

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79 points eatonphil | 5 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.855s | source
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whatever1 ◴[18 Jun 24 11:18 UTC] No.40716387[source]▶
checks USD exchange rates

Yep it's still the only currency that matters.

Checks Indian-Chinese relations

Yep they still have effective visa bans against each other.

So what is this BRICS club exactly? A dictionary club?

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dagaci ◴[18 Jun 24 11:32 UTC] No.40716495[source]▶
BRICS is something which people seem to have strong feelings about. For india and china who are rivals, BRICS may offer mechanics which enable them to manage their rivalies, especially given what may be seen as the declining influence of the UN (have people noticed that the massive moon landing India is not even a security council member!).
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1. boffinAudio ◴[18 Jun 24 11:49 UTC] No.40716655[source]▶
People outside the BRICS sphere of influence don't want to see that rivalry be resolved through economic means - they'd rather profit (through their own military industrial complex' investments) from the turmoil that comes from invalidating BRICS as a concept within their own sphere.

However, there are billions of people within the BRICS context. Billions and billions. I think this is why Western-aligned folks are in such fear of it as a concept for world diplomacy.

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3. qntmfred ◴[18 Jun 24 13:08 UTC] No.40717402[source]▶
> rivalry be resolved through economic means

I asked chatgpt to tell me about the history of this concept. It confirmed that it is a BRICS invention.

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4. kelipso ◴[18 Jun 24 13:59 UTC] No.40717970[source]▶
Sure, no two countries with McDs have ever gone to war is a BRICS concept.
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5. boffinAudio ◴[19 Jun 24 07:22 UTC] No.40725743{3}[source]▶
"This is right, because ChatGPT told me it is right."

The singularity is near.