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Bangladesh joining BRICS (www.tbsnews.net)
submitted 3 years ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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[-] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 7 points 3 years ago

Why is this downvoted? I'm not a huge fan of BRICS either but this is certainly news worthy

[-] ActuallyASeal@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

No idea. I can see not up voting it. I think it's a bit of a non-story. Country looks to maybe join a group containing it's some of it large trading partners. This group might or might not do something on the future. Only interesting bit is it's the BRICS.

But a down vote just feels unnecessary. The story is factual. The source is fine. It might be relevant to someone.

[-] modulus@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

It's not maybe joining, it's definitely joining.

[-] ActuallyASeal@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I just reread the article and still not convinced it's a definite joining.

Momen said the BRICS Bank had invited Bangladesh as a guest, adding that in the future it would invite Bangladesh to join in.

and

BRICS, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is actively considering its first enlargement in over a decade.

and

Countries such as Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia are making progress toward joining the bloc.

Bangladesh is definitely invited to the summit in South Africa in August. But for the rest of it all I can say is it seems Bangladesh and BRICS are aligning towards each other. The goal of this alignment could be Bangladesh joining but countries are very deceitful on the international stage.

This could be posturing by either side for a variety of goals. Such as trying to get a lesser agreement by starting with with a large proposal and walking back slowly in negotiations, attempting to get concessions from a third party by threatening to take an action they dont like, shaping perception the relationship between the countriesnor something subtle and not as obvious.

Overall my opinion is countries do a lot of posturing and talk with no intention of actually following through. Until I see actual concrete action towards a goal I'm not going to trust countries to state their goals.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

Rediquette is making its way to Lemmy apparently.

[-] ToastyWaffles@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Can't wait for the neolib astroturfing to make it's way here too

[-] Raphael@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago

Empires usually only last about 200 years, the USA is already 150 years old or so.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago

I imagine advances in communication and transportation technologies play a factor as well, we see things develop at a much faster rate today than they have in the past.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Empire: The Next Generation

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