• cygnus
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    6 hours ago

    As I feel the need to say every time it’s mentioned, BRICS is made-up nonsense fabricated by Goldman Sachs to sell third-rate equities. Think about the relationship between the countries of “BRICS” and ask yourself if that sounds like an actual alliance.

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      5 hours ago

      It has become a diplomatic talking shop similar to the G7. There has been pushes from some member states to make it more, including creating alternate financial systems, but it has been slow growing.

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        3 hours ago

        Russia got all pissy with Kazakhstan just this week as a result of them not joining the BRICS

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          Nothing like fomenting trust in a global financial transaction system by threatening potential user nations.