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Malaysia to Join BRICS

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79 points eatonphil | 1 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.342s | 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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mlrdc ◴[18 Jun 24 11:38 UTC] No.40716551[source]▶
Yeah well, he is an ultra-Neocon and the Neocons said the Ukraine war would not happen (when even Zelensky pleaded for more caution at the 2022 Munich "peace" conference!). Then it did happen, which is probably what they wanted.
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addicted ◴[18 Jun 24 11:52 UTC] No.40716677[source]▶
The passive voice is doing a lot of work here.
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1. dkalrfew ◴[18 Jun 24 12:08 UTC] No.40716826[source]▶
I think there is no passive voice. If you prefer to replace "Then it did happen" with "Russia attacked", that is of course fine.

But after Russia attacked there were several Neocon interviews where they acted surprised and did frame it as "We did not think it would happen" in a very casual way.