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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Thailand's decision last week to apply for full BRICS membership came as a shock to Western allies and friends

www.bangkokpost.com

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Thailand's decision last week to apply for full BRICS membership came as a shock to Western allies and friends

www.bangkokpost.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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    xigma-male : Offers [material development]

    biden-troll : Offers [boatload of sex-tourists]

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    Turkey also wants to join. It’s kind of amazing that these two crucial cold war allies of the USA are doing this.

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      Turkey plays both sides, and I’m not sure how long China and Russia can keep up placating a NATO member

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      Everybody can see which way the wind is blowing now, and it becomes a self reinforcing process.

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      lathe-of-heaven Japan joins BRICS.

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    Westoids shocked that people with a pulse can see the writing on the wall

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    We need a better name for BRICS at this point if everyone is going to join

    Something like Multipolar Economic Gregariousness Association or MEGA

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        Hell yeah, those are great

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      I think Lula da Silva and Vladimir Putin have been calling it BRICS+ which is not really an improvement.

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      I put the initials for the member states + the applied for membership states here and got some candidates

      Backbiters Buck Bevy VIPs

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        Yes

        If we make the hat very large

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          This makes me smile so much because I was hoping somebody would do it.

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    Western allies and friends

    The West is never your “friend”.

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      If your country isn’t literally Israel the West will sell you out. Hell, they might even do it more than once if you happen to be Kurdish.

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    why the fuck wouldnt they thailand is right fucking there

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