BRICS adds 9 partner nations in 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up half of global population & 41% of world GDP (PPP), with top producers of oil, gas, grains, meat, minerals.
I recently have been disappointed by the quality of my substack newsletters. So thank you for this one. It contains a lot of things I didnt know before.
It does not matter any longer, BRICS is just the other side of the same coin. No one can trust BRICS after throwing Syria to the terrorists. What is needed is a military alliance of non western puppets.
The Necessity of Establishing a Full-Fledged Military Alliance Among Advocates of Multipolarity
An alternative approach would be for the western powers, whose neocolonial enterprise has militarized the global economy for their advantage, to de-militarize their foreign policy and legitimately cooperate productively in a modern world economy.
BTW, it was not Russia or its BRICS partners who instigated the overthrow of Syria or the general destabilization of the Middle East, it was the USA together with Israel and the UK. In addition to unilateral and illegal economic sanctions, these governments funded, trained and facilitated that terrorist coup. Give “credit” where credit is due! In fact, this is a primary strategy of neocolonialism: Militarized terrorism and weaponized monetary policy.
This reality”(that is, the “white knight narrative) would not be possible, of course, without the seamless coordination of the western mainstream media who brainwash its own populations into believing this cocked up version of the facts. This in turn fosters the kind of cognitive dissonance which breeds positive feedback for the infamous military industrial complex. As illustrated in the above comment, which supposes the best the new alliance can due is to create a military force to counteract the hegemonic aggressiveness. While, that maybe the ultimate route world history pursues at the end of the day, it is not the only route that a civilized world could pursue. It is up to the western powers themselves to decide which way world history goes.
This report and the information within is like music to mine and many, many, anti-US based global and military hegemonic activities, and whom are actively participating in resistance against its actual existence. While it would make stark reading for the water-carriers and “tame journalists” at the establishment corporate media and its huge platforms. Not that you’d know it if the tame establishment media were your sources of information, or ‘propaganda’ as it should rightfully be labelled.
Cheers Ben, i will use your words and the information - or reality - contained in your articles in the ongoing battle to pull the wool from the eyes and ears of “the many, not the few”.
But many more countries like Hungary, Romania, Slovakia etc and even pragmatic Poland will be itching to quietly serve as import-export gateways into EU / European countries/markets...
Thanks for this, I’m fascinated to watch how this plays with other national alliances… a bit worrisome considering the warm embrace of fascism and oligarchy in this country. The religious right may well fulfill their wishes of Armageddon!!
I've read here (https://www.globalresearch.ca/geopolitics-elite-insanity-part-iii/5878411) and other places that the illusion of BRICS countries serving as an alternative to the "rules-based order" of U.S. Empire hegemony blinds us to the fact that the global Elite are transforming the entire world according to their wishes and desires, and that BRICS countries are just as guilty in that endeavor. We need to focus our efforts on eliminating the banking cabal that is driving the world to destruction, and ignore the machinations of once-sovereign countries' governments, all of which have been thoroughly co-opted by the global Elites.
Certainly NO to Argentina joining. Its a pariah state with extremely poor economy with a insane captain. Saudi, well, they will are extremely not reliable . These people who want to retain there so call muslim fate (quite frankly behind the scene, they do drink alcohol) but want to be considered “WESTERN” is hilarious. I hope they NEVER JOIN!
Quoting GDP (PPP) is disingenuous at least (my highlight): “…GDP (PPP) stands for gross domestic product (GDP) converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates. PPPs are currency conversion rates that adjust for price level differences between countries. This allows for comparisons of GDP and its components across countries…”
And so it ‘aint $ for $ because the cost of “living” (according to local living prices and standards, etc.) is MUCH lower in ALL BRICS countries than it is in “western” nations. And to suggest that China's economy is larger than that of the the USA is equally misleading due to the same misguided "PPP" measure.
It depends on what you want to measure. To measure how strong a domestic economy is and how much it can produce (and thats the point of this article) - PPP is better. To compare financial power between countries and influence in global trade - nominal is better because then stuff like exchange rate matter.
I agree it depends. But the message this article wanted to convey was that BRICS are overwhelming (or will soon do so) the "West".
PPP is fine for internal use, but not good for making comparisons. If a nation uses PPP as it's measure it risks falling behind other nations who compare themselves against each other: that is when single unit of measurement (e.g. US$) is essential.
You’ve identified the correct point but arrived at the incorrect conclusion. As mentioned in the article, PPP is the more realistic and accurate measure.
Let's hope they change the world and do away with the dangerous hegemon.
Is BRICS a saviour, or a tool to grab better seats in the current global systems?
I recently have been disappointed by the quality of my substack newsletters. So thank you for this one. It contains a lot of things I didnt know before.
all the best in 2025! This canadian supports BRICS.
It does not matter any longer, BRICS is just the other side of the same coin. No one can trust BRICS after throwing Syria to the terrorists. What is needed is a military alliance of non western puppets.
The Necessity of Establishing a Full-Fledged Military Alliance Among Advocates of Multipolarity
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/the-necessity-of-establishing-a-full-fledged-military-alliance-among-advocates-of-multipolarity/
An alternative approach would be for the western powers, whose neocolonial enterprise has militarized the global economy for their advantage, to de-militarize their foreign policy and legitimately cooperate productively in a modern world economy.
BTW, it was not Russia or its BRICS partners who instigated the overthrow of Syria or the general destabilization of the Middle East, it was the USA together with Israel and the UK. In addition to unilateral and illegal economic sanctions, these governments funded, trained and facilitated that terrorist coup. Give “credit” where credit is due! In fact, this is a primary strategy of neocolonialism: Militarized terrorism and weaponized monetary policy.
This reality”(that is, the “white knight narrative) would not be possible, of course, without the seamless coordination of the western mainstream media who brainwash its own populations into believing this cocked up version of the facts. This in turn fosters the kind of cognitive dissonance which breeds positive feedback for the infamous military industrial complex. As illustrated in the above comment, which supposes the best the new alliance can due is to create a military force to counteract the hegemonic aggressiveness. While, that maybe the ultimate route world history pursues at the end of the day, it is not the only route that a civilized world could pursue. It is up to the western powers themselves to decide which way world history goes.
Agree with your analysis completely. It’s a pity people don’t realise how long this destabilisation has been happening. It was no revolution.
I am not interested in your opinion of how Syria came to fall.
This report and the information within is like music to mine and many, many, anti-US based global and military hegemonic activities, and whom are actively participating in resistance against its actual existence. While it would make stark reading for the water-carriers and “tame journalists” at the establishment corporate media and its huge platforms. Not that you’d know it if the tame establishment media were your sources of information, or ‘propaganda’ as it should rightfully be labelled.
Cheers Ben, i will use your words and the information - or reality - contained in your articles in the ongoing battle to pull the wool from the eyes and ears of “the many, not the few”.
But many more countries like Hungary, Romania, Slovakia etc and even pragmatic Poland will be itching to quietly serve as import-export gateways into EU / European countries/markets...
I predict BRICS will have more than half the world's population and the majority of the GDP before the end of 2025.
We can only hope, I am waiting and hoping for the Sahel countries to join, now that they are getting rid of the bastard french.
Having it and using it as equal weight are different things.
Thanks for this, I’m fascinated to watch how this plays with other national alliances… a bit worrisome considering the warm embrace of fascism and oligarchy in this country. The religious right may well fulfill their wishes of Armageddon!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75ehG6utzBM
I've read here (https://www.globalresearch.ca/geopolitics-elite-insanity-part-iii/5878411) and other places that the illusion of BRICS countries serving as an alternative to the "rules-based order" of U.S. Empire hegemony blinds us to the fact that the global Elite are transforming the entire world according to their wishes and desires, and that BRICS countries are just as guilty in that endeavor. We need to focus our efforts on eliminating the banking cabal that is driving the world to destruction, and ignore the machinations of once-sovereign countries' governments, all of which have been thoroughly co-opted by the global Elites.
Excellent as usual, I’ve been sharing this across my networks
Certainly NO to Argentina joining. Its a pariah state with extremely poor economy with a insane captain. Saudi, well, they will are extremely not reliable . These people who want to retain there so call muslim fate (quite frankly behind the scene, they do drink alcohol) but want to be considered “WESTERN” is hilarious. I hope they NEVER JOIN!
Quoting GDP (PPP) is disingenuous at least (my highlight): “…GDP (PPP) stands for gross domestic product (GDP) converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates. PPPs are currency conversion rates that adjust for price level differences between countries. This allows for comparisons of GDP and its components across countries…”
And so it ‘aint $ for $ because the cost of “living” (according to local living prices and standards, etc.) is MUCH lower in ALL BRICS countries than it is in “western” nations. And to suggest that China's economy is larger than that of the the USA is equally misleading due to the same misguided "PPP" measure.
It depends on what you want to measure. To measure how strong a domestic economy is and how much it can produce (and thats the point of this article) - PPP is better. To compare financial power between countries and influence in global trade - nominal is better because then stuff like exchange rate matter.
I agree it depends. But the message this article wanted to convey was that BRICS are overwhelming (or will soon do so) the "West".
PPP is fine for internal use, but not good for making comparisons. If a nation uses PPP as it's measure it risks falling behind other nations who compare themselves against each other: that is when single unit of measurement (e.g. US$) is essential.
You’ve identified the correct point but arrived at the incorrect conclusion. As mentioned in the article, PPP is the more realistic and accurate measure.
Happy-Ñew-Year!!