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Watching the (cold, for now) start of a conflict between NATO & BRICS is terrifying.

NATO is a defensive military alliance between North America and some European countries and BRICS are a collection of emerging economies that host an annual summit. They're not really comparable

Also three big players among the BRICS are sort of on opposite sides: Brazil has some ties to the US and India and China aren't exactly on the best of terms.

Then call it US + EU vs Russia + China. The point is that it's getting serious.

democracy vs dictatorship

Except BRICS won’t fight for Russia. China is very explicitly not an ally, and Kazakhstan is openly mocking Putin.

Thus, it’s NATO vs “Nigeria with nukes” alone.

Using a country as an epithet is something that I haven't seen since high school. Nigeria is a beautiful place which has historically been incredibly rich with resources during a phase of history where pillaging, and the its subsequent suppression of rights, is rife, whether it's done by foreign nations or, currently, multinational corporations.

> China is very explicitly not an ally

The very public announcement at the Olympics says, very explicitly, otherwise.

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