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v5v3 ◴[] No.44442262[source]
If Spain can get support from across the EU. And Brazil the same from BRICS then we could see change.

Best not to hold your breath though...

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raverbashing ◴[] No.44442309[source]
BRICS is just an acronym, it is void of any meaningful significance other than that.

Edit: "oh but it's an actual organization" yeah with still very little significance between pretending it's anything but a convenient proxy for the bigger members

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gchamonlive ◴[] No.44442369[source]
It's an actual organization actually, founded in 2009. They hold meetings globally, the next one set to be held here in Brazil in 4 days. Since it's an organizational to align economic goals among other topics, it's not unthinkable to have these kinds of discussions about progressive taxing. We can question the real effectiveness of BRICS for actually taxing the rich more extensively, but it is surely much more than an acronym.
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raverbashing ◴[] No.44442431[source]
Yes. An organization that lacks any meaningful action besides bureaucratic merry-go-around

It's a puppet show essentially

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1. gchamonlive ◴[] No.44442488{3}[source]
Completely orthogonal to it being an organisation and not an acronym
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