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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: 0.421s | source
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MaxPock ◴[18 Jun 24 11:43 UTC] No.40716600[source]▶
Why do Westerners hate the idea of BRICS so much ?

If western institutions and way of life are superior ,then capital will naturally gravitate towards them ..

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stewx ◴[18 Jun 24 11:48 UTC] No.40716654[source]▶
Because member states like China and Russia are illiberal and left to their own devices pose a risk to global security and human rights. When these illiberal countries band together, the West loses economic and political leverage over them to change their ways.
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1. EasyMark ◴[19 Jun 24 06:49 UTC] No.40725544[source]▶
If Israel wanted to genocide the Palestinians then it would have been a smoking pit with nearly 100% of the citizens killed inside of a month. They are conducting a military operation against a state terrorist actor where said government hides amongst innocents and uses them for shields. So Israel has one of two choices, do what they’re currently doing or throw up their hands and let Hamas continue to cross the border and murder citizens at their leisure.
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2. racional ◴[19 Jun 24 16:33 UTC] No.40729835[source]▶
If Israel wanted to genocide the Palestinians then it would have been a smoking pit with nearly 100% of the citizens killed inside of a month.

To the ecstatic delight of a substantial proportion of the Israeli public, no doubt.

However it doesn't actually have the munitions stock to do that, and plus, it would be bad PR and make the area more costly to re-develop as a prime real estate attraction. So instead it has opted the more "pragmatic" option of removing the indigenous inhabitants. Which is another form of genocide, just a softer, more palatable one.