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- For more than a decade, the BRICS group has comprised five countries, dominated by China. Especially since member Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the group has positioned itself as a counterweight to Western democracies that dominate the world economy. Now, its membership has doubled - welcoming five new members including oil-rich countries in the Middle East.
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BRICS is a cooperation forum mainly for economic matters, not an "alliance" and not about "democracy" either.
Like the wars they started in the world in the last 50 years. They are all about money.
Since I was born in the 90's I heard my relatives talking about this.
@@thebookdetect1vewhen have china india south africa started any wars
@@19hbytuythe moment they challenged the United States.
@@TacticalMayo that's the US starting wars. The US is a sore loser. All the talk about free markets and competition and when they can't win they cry foul. Label their competitors as dangerous adversaries and want to throw around their military weight
The New Development Bank.
I think you mean 'Western hegemony' not 'democracy'.
Germanic tribal hypocricy
Exactly! US led Western dictatorship on the global stage against non Western countries being challenged by non Western countries.
So BRICS is Eastern Hegemony? 😝
Nailed it!
This is the new face of communist
There's nothing about "countering western democracies". It's an economic block to make trade easier among the members. Some of the largest democracies in the world like Brazil and India are also part of the block.
Literally more BRICS country citizens live in democracies than there are people in Europe (like three times more too)
@@FOLIPE Yes, wonderful democracies such as Iran, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia.
They should invite North Korea too, they're just about as democratic.
@@esteemedyams Those aren't the only brics countries anyway
@@esteemedyamsyou're trying to be funny but that's actually a good idea 😂
@@esteemedyams their political system doesn't matter, as the ECONOMIC block is for economic purposes only. Europe itself have economic relationship with all of these countries all the same. Germany was 100% dependent on Russian energy until recently, and is still heavily dependent on China for trade.
"Brics aims to be a counterweight to western hegemony."
Thats a more accurate framing.
... meaning the end of democracy, rule of law, human rights and the human population living in gulags like in china and russia and NK
So Eastern hegemony? 😝
@@forbeginnersandbeyond6089 Nah. Just an economic bloc which doesn't force any hegemony.
@@forbeginnersandbeyond6089 Multipolarity instead of hegemony.
@@XDF745 Multipolarity like taking over South China Sea? 😝
'China-led BRICS group aims to counter Western democracies'. India, South Africa and Brasil have western-style democracies themselves. Isn't 'the West', which includes so-called 'flawed democracies' like the US, meant here?
They all have the wrong democracies. Only in the West is the only true democracy in the world!!! 🤣
India is already moving away from BRICS as India realizes it is being used by Russia & China to further its war aims.
Counterfeit attempts
They don't aim to counter a particular country, they want to change the world to a multipolar world. Basically every opinion counts, not only one group that dictates the rule. Which is currently USA's rules based order. They say, you do is over.
@@konstantinbush295democracy is also a elite system
Everything is control by small number of people
Why those channels misrepresent the BRICS, is it intentional?, it is not about a common currency, it is not about democracies. It is more about trading in the national currencies, buy irani oil with brazilian reais, exchange food with infraestructure from china. The economies will benefit with more dynamism and flexibility and removes power from USA and europe to influence the world with sanctions that benefits no one.
This whole deal will benefit a huge percentage of the population. USA and EU wont be capable to use the sanctions regime to destroy economies and it will allow the rest of the world to prosper.
And how will the BRICS stop Russia from invading its neighbors, or Venezuela from invading Guyana, China Taiwan, or crazy dictators from getting nukes?
The current global order, with all its flaws, has kept the world in 1 piece, while allowing many countries to develop.
Yes. West media can't deny that the west thinks that India adopta the system of west democracy when BRICS is not mentioned. India can represent east democracy. Brazil can represent Latin American (west too) democracy. South Africa can represent African democracy.
Bcoz they are jealous of brics
Western media are full of ill-intentioned news
@@MeetParmar-qs9ko they fear how strong brics will be in the future
Not to counter the west, but to survive under the pressure from the west.
They just want to play mind games with their people as well as us. BRICS is not formed to counter any country or sanction them like west does and destroys that countries economy
😂😂😂😂
Joke😂
Democracy in the western world is both a shield and a spear for countries outside them!
Lol, what west does what russia and china doesnt
Instead of challenging democracy, I believe it is about constructing an alternative economic order to the one dominated by the West. Considering the US’ history of weaponizing its financial system and unilateral imposing sanctions on other nations, it is easy to see why developing countries deem it essential
You would be wrong, sanctions are an alternative to hot wars. Make no mistake the BRICS countries are simply trying to make their own rules.
Labour , miner , farmer (global south) try to free from Banker ,lawyer (U$A ,...) control
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How switching from democracies to being led by dictators going to improve anything? If Brics wants war in any form it will get it
Sanctions are to prevent war/safer alternative to persuade negative behaviour.
Brazil is literally a western democracy and is one of the founding members 😂 wth are you on about?
I dont really understand your comnent but this is not against "western democracies", who says you are better democracies? The western democracies caused and started most of the wars in the world. This is just a balance to the G7 and IMF to help the developing countries. Europe is done btw, mostly a US protetorad, just look the war that was started there, basically was just watching it and losing even more indendepence and autonomy. BRICS may have mixed countries, very diferrent ideological views but calling western democracies is a lie, is just the old central imperialist us aligned capitalist countries, including Israel that is also in a coward warfare against miserable Palestinians in the middle east.
@@hflx bro, don't waste your time. From the Grammer, to knowledge, this person is clearly a bot.
Brazil is seen as South not West
@@Indian_Rajput depends on who you ask, but either way it's a country very much built on western values and ideology from religion to language to political structure
Bricks vs Eu
Not a counterweight to "western democracies" but a counterweight to the G7. India and Brazil are democracies and Japan is not western.
And what is their goal? Inflate petrol prices? :)
also south africa and west basically means ideology. even australia and newzealand are western.
Japan is not western??? 😂 lol
@@corvomichelewhat has the goal of Western democracies been all these years? Hasn't it been to exert their dominance over none Western nations and exploit them of their natural resources at prices they dictate to these nations?
@@corvomichelenow they are worried about competition? Isn't this what capitalism (the West loves preaching) is all about?
What an unbiased video title DW.. Bravo😂😂 .. The fall of West starts from its media
can not agree more
Not a word of that title is untrue, and you know it.
Enjoy the WISH version of NATO while it lasts, most of the members are already circling the drain.
I totally agree...
The fall of the West starts from its media. So very true.
Lol, keep dreaming. The west will never fall.
India ( largest democracy in the world) at BRICS table
- Am I joke to you ?
"Am I joke to you ?"
These Western hypocrites are always jealous of growth of Asia and India. So.....
and under the leadership of its big friend China
India is no longer a democracy!
Right on. India is no pushover with world's 5th largest economy, or 3rd by PPP, and is Big Tech & services powerhouse. Many of America tech, finance & many industries leadership, are from India.
Western countries playbook:
When you don't like another party, then play on issues of democracy, human rights, religion, and the like.
Voting cannot solve almost any problem. Because the world has developed to the extent it is today, many things cannot be solved by expressing emotions.
From this perspective, EU countries are not even as good as Russia, Iran and Turkey. In the past 20 years, Russia has won three wars (the Second Chechen War, the Georgian War and the Syrian War). Russia has established a unique model of defending overseas interests, allowing Russia to become a food source. Turkey, the exporting country, has established a drone industry and has established a certain influence in the Middle East. Iran’s Arc of Resistance Alliance has become the most powerful country in the Middle East and is the world leader in military strategy and drone technology. Looking at the EU, you can hardly say that the EU is here. What has been accomplished in the past 20 years? The European debt crisis, deindustrialization, ideological demonization, and the failure of immigration issues have made it almost impossible for Europe to solve problems within the existing EU framework. In this case, European countries want to save themselves.
We can only bypass the EU and retain the power of independent decision-making on the premise of retaining the unified market. What European countries need is not vote politics but realism, pragmatic diplomacy and non-argument.
It is better to call it vote policy or vote owner.
This is how I understand it: Demo is a variant of dome, which is "dome". Look at the buildings of European and American government agencies. Do many of them have a large dome? Under this dome, many people are discussing political affairs. So I think the accurate meaning of democracy is closer to a kind of local or deliberative politics after the decentralization of many political institutions. But the people participating in the negotiations are still powerful people rather than ordinary people.
Hong Kong drug addicts can just be called rioters. It’s not like the West doesn’t have appropriate vocabulary. Just translate the leader of the gangsters into terrorist, and the trumpeters into separatists.
@@tianlezheng6829
The problem is, the western world led by the US always insists that there is only one type of democracy, and that is the type of democracy that is subject to the US.
Any country, if it subject to the US, then that country is a democracy and will never be questioned. But once the country stops being subject to the US, then immediately the country is no longer a democracy and must be "helped" to become a democracy.
Nice strawman. What actually happens is that western democracries aggreement actually hold weight and things do get done. Unlike with the CCP. They will willingly take up agreements, lie and deliver nothing.
@@tianlezheng6829Is that what Xi Jinping told you? That everything is bad in Europe while China & Russia are living the good life 😅 So do you know countries like Russia since they have a dictator in power, all you will hear are lies? That is because there is no oppositions to balance things out.
West democracy😂😂😂 that's a crazy narrative
India can represent east democracy. Brazil can represent Latin American (west too) democracy. South Africa can represent African democracy.
India is not a democracy any longer: soon india and china will fight for supremacy. Lovely bunch of wannabes indeed.
So any one county can represent the whole human space ?
@@wazukyan7696 none
India has a bright future and its smart to be part op BRIC’s and at the same time have good trade relations with the west. India is the rising superpower. The biggest democracy in Asia and a safe bet for western companies to move investments. China is to risky and no democracy. Love for India ❤️
India is considered a "flawed democracy". No thanks.
Good to have multipolar world.
Multipolar leads to war.
Read history.
It's ridiculous that international law does not apply to the U$Ass-A and its strategic allies.
One of the reasons we need a multipolar world.
Its not good to have a "balance" with authoritarians.
@@pythondreis it good to have western hegemony who attacks libya, Iraq, afghanistan, etc in the names of human rights, democracy???
@pythondre nope we definetly need a balance of power between the world regions one way or another countries must competitive with eachother no one can let the US and the germen nations to run the world
Anyone else not able to stop looking at the guy peeking from behind the Brazilian and Russian flags? lol.
Yes! I came here to say that! 🤣
what is going on with that? its very confusing
Yay its not just me
@@jordanmatt1744it's a poster
Yeah🤣🤣🤣
It is about Imperialism, not about Democracy. This is the GAME between Pro-imperialism VS Anti-imperialism
BRICS aren't just "anti-imperialist" heroes. China's debt traps, Russia's invasions, India's Kashmir crackdown, Brazil's interventions, South Africa's regional domination - the rising BRICS powers act imperialist themselves. Their economic expansion and military moves make smaller neighbours anxious.
The old imperial powers aren't the only ones playing power games. BRICS challenge the West but also throw their own weight around in coercive ways.
Let's not romanticise BRICS as anti-imperial saviours - their own actions echo the imperialism they criticise
Democracy and economic power is not exclusive to the west (although politicians and mainstream media want you to think so). In fact some would argue these two aspects in some western countries have declined while those in the east and the rest of the world have risen. This is manifested in 40 countries wanting to join BRICS instead of just following rules set by the west, these countries want alternatives for themselves. Which is not a bad thing for the rest of the world, when they see that the current system only primarily benefitted the west.
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@@andaddplus Free speech is not welcome here !!!
14, count them, FIFTEEN! countries applied for BRICS membership, NOT 40.
They are:
Algeria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bolivia
Cuba
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Pakistan
Palestine
Senegal
Thailand
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wow! What a list!
@@esteemedyams more than 40 countries have applied to join the BRICS. You can google or fact checked.
G7 is psychopath🤮
I can see these western countries are pissed because they won't have any controll of BRICKS countries and petrodollar is on the blink 😂😂😂
What is BRICKS? Do you mean BRICS?
But US has it's own oil reserves. And without US, how much oil will Middle east and Russia sell ?
Maybe after another 10 years of saying that something will actually happen.
Keep dreaming.
Who is the person hiding behind the flags?😂😂😂😂
It's just good insurance policy, much like using two banks so that one still works if the other one freezes your assets.
Important clarification-- illegally frozen.
Rather have asset freezed than let a communist country who can take the money whenever they want.
BRICS is the future
Do you currently live in any brics nations?
@@christopherduwartay3472 weather i do or not whats that got to do with it?
@@christopherduwartay3472 your next replay im expecting a real troll comment so dont dissapoint me
I really find this title misleading! Had it been China’s way Pakistan would have been a member by now! Secondly, new admissions have to be unanimously agreed upon by every country! China does not get any VETO ! Or any special rights or permissions in this grouping! Poor piece of journalism.
Western journalism are really bad
Bcoz DW is always Anti-India in every video
As far the continent of Africa is concerned, it is the failure of the Western countries that are supposed to be democracies and who centuries haven't led to a single developed country in Africa and who in some cases, have shaped a tyranny. Therefore they have shaped the ways to others to come in and challenge them.
Don’t blame the west for failed states in Africa. Blame corrupt governance for Current state of affairs.
@@Ukie88 You have a point, but those who hold the same point still cannot answer the question, which is that the West has been in Africa for 300 years, yet still few to almost no infrastructure there. But when China going there for ONLY 20 years, suddenly Africa's infrastructure is everywhere. Africa has nothing to thank the West for, that's for sure.
Totally agree.
@@Ukie88why? You can’t seem to understand that it’s the West has come out best in its development from 3 world countries. Show me which 3 world country that has been lifted out of poverty by the IMF?Who runs the IMF? The only country that has more military bases around the world is the USA. Who is it trying to protect, its own interests. Not the locals. The British are no different nor the French.
@@lianghao7128Bang, bang , bang. China was never a problem until it wanted to build naval bases. But no talks about the bases in Japan, Phillipines, Australia, Micronesia. Get real.
??????
is NOBODY going to say ANYTHING about the person hiding in between the flags of brazil and russia????
HELLO??????
Western democracies??? 😂😂😂😂 maybe western warmongers
puppetiers also.
Didn't Russia recently invade it's neighbor?
@@steveburke7675 Russia did not yet invade Poland. But if they continue behave badly, I am sure it will.
@@steveburke7675what do u think the US would do if China or Russia decided to build a military base in Mexico?
@@defjam137 Does Mexico have a choice in this? Would never happen.
BRICS is a global community based on making a Trading Community. USA's global communities (e.g. NATO, AUKUS, etc) are based on a Military Community where everybody buys 2nd rate USA military equipment. Big difference. There is no challenge to USA's global communities. It's just that the rest of the world have grown up and understand that TRADE is far more profitable for ALL Countries than MILITARY, which only profits USA.
Was it a must to use the term Democracies here😂
The man behind the flags made me LOL. He looked ridiculous diverting my attention from the talks. 😂
The future is Asia and Africa!
keep dreaming.
@@JigilJigil Sure will
Dude, did anyone see the guy between the flags @ 2:44? I think it's just a picture of a guy but he was there the entire time -- LOL.
Waldo
Imagine it wasnt a picture :D
@@JammiYork Find Waldo. HAHAHA.
LMAO yea I noticed him as soon as the video started. Terrible background photo to hse
He could be a Chinese spy. LOL.
An organization that focuses on economic cooperation and does not involve any military cooperation, has been promoted by you as a confrontation against the West.
"How dare other people do their own thing and not do everything we tell them to do"
@@timtam53191 how dare? No problem. Join the team that promotes human rights violations around the globe, or join the team that works to stop human rights violations. You decide.
@@morpher44 Indeed. Which is why I support EU.
@@morpher44what is Ruzzia doing in Ukraine?
@@CatManOfTaste re: what is Ruzzia doing.... War crimes.
South America here. Referring to the US as a "promoter of democracy" is laughable and an insult to our intelligence.
You meant. To counter the West monopoly. The developing nations also want the trades in their terms, too. They want to trade with everyone, not just a few that were preselected and they want a good deal. I thought that was a common objective. Democracy from the West may sounds good but food in the stomach is better
Oh yeah, and if anything, China and russia are known for their fairness and honesty, especially when it comes to dealing with smaller, weaker nations.
Good luck trying to trade "on your own terms" with those two
@@esteemedyams China and Russia honour their commitments to other countries. More than can be said for the G7.
@@ragabara1031what?
@@servantofourlordjesuschris6456 China and Russia don't dictate terms to other countries. They propose negotiations, enter negotiations, finalize agreements, work together with the other party afterwards so the agreement holds, and most importantly, are open to renegotiation if the other parties are dissatisfied with the terms.
When dealing with smaller and weaker nations the G7 countries usually don't go further than the 2nd or 3rd step before using subterfuge and coercion to get what they want without binding themselves to any written documents.
@esteemedyams there are more choices for everyone and that s a good thing. If China has not offered a good deal, then someone else's will. The same thing applies to EU or America. To many countries, America has not offered a fair deal. Perhaps they may get a better deal now that the BRICS is in the picture
"western democracies" 😂😂😂
US "democracy"(two parties only, both controlled) and its Vassal states
as an Iranian,that will be game-changer for my country ,especially under the heavy western sanctions
Did you ask yourself why Iran has sanctions?
@edwardvalivonis23 if you're american, tell me, would you like the whole world to sanction you when you invaded Iraq? Would it be right for the american people to starve because of the stupidity of Bush?
@@edwardvalivonis23because it’s an independent country that doesn’t give in to American bullying.
@@NarutoUzumaki-jw4kw are you independent?
@@edwardvalivonis23 I’m not Iranian but yes Iran is independent despite all efforts by the West to control it.
Today internal differences might keep the bloc stagnant but deep inside every G7 nation knows what might happen if BRICS as a collective force works....it would directly challenge the US hegemony
Whole western media will say BRICS is this it is that which shows there fear of a Bloc this large ,this powerful
They already are 🤣🤣
@@marceloguilherme5121 who are funny?
@@ohiosteamandsteel bro they are already western countries why would they'd ddevlop ties with the west
Is there any sense to your words?
@@ohiosteamandsteel Like which country? All I know is there is long list of countries wanting to join Brics.
Guys,,,,, check out the FLAG in the middle of the row of flags along the wall!!!! Tat's soooo cool!!!
Actually, it is Multipolar World Vs Unipolar World, BRICS+ Vs G7+, Gobal South Vs Collective West, and Russia+China Vs US+Vassals
I used to use the word Vassals.. now I call them US Colonies.. They have literally been Colonized by the Yanks.
And santa vs eatser bunny , jezus vs budha , darth vader vs khan , etc etc vs bla bla , hope i sound smart vs i don't know annything but still like to talk , bla bla .
divided west or America controlled europeans . not collective west
@@roeci6but you don’t sound smart though. The original poster talks sense, you don’t.
exactly.....EU not vassals but colony of US instead
Europe be so scared of other countries talking that it even seems that they are worried we might remember what Europe has been doing to BRICS countriesfor the last 400 years
The good old reverse racism. Before the West you fight with your own non-western neighbours, like you do o nowadays. Venezuela with Guyana, China in the South China Sea, and in India, India and Pakistan, etc. Sure there were western powers used the poorer contries, just like a local Raja, Pasa, governor, chiftain used their local people before.
U use Western tech, Western science, Western education system, and you can maintain a better life based on what you leart from the west. The only thing you do not want to take is the rule of law, because all your corrupt disfunctional leaders do not want that. They want total hegemony on their local people, while complaining about western countries.
Western is not Democracy it's Imperialism. Just put Democrazy, instead of DEMOcrazy so everything it's OK
Just because you are a democracy does not make you saint. Stop using democracy as a trump card. Enough already.
It is just a system control by the rich
Its a damn sight better then a dictatorship.
@@tombranch2261 yes
You can said that to the Ukraine people
They are going to heaven they do not need to work anymore
The guy is the perfect representation of how the EU define BRICKS
Not Western democracies but colonial powers, get that right before analyzing Brics.
Nice one.it’s not actually democracy but dominance.
Mmm.. they Were colonial powers, before anyone still alive was born. Right now the only countries actively seeking to 'subjugate another country, conquering its population and exploiting it, often forcing their own language and cultural values upon their people' are Russia (Ukraine and most of its other neighbors), China (Tibet, Taiwan, threats to other neighbors), Venezuela (the subjugation war its trying to start), etc. That's the new colonial powers. And guess which side of BRICS all of these are on?
So that's why they don't say 'colonial powers', because it would be confusing if they meant ancient history or modern fact.
"they Were colonial powers, before anyone still alive was born."
You obviously don't know history and that's why you're writing this.
You are talking about Russia and China. From the Second World War until today, there have been over 250 wars. The US participated in more than 228. Henry Kissinger is responsible for the deaths of over 150,000 Cambodians. How was he rewarded by the West? Nobel Peace Prize. Barack Obama has caused seven new wars and tens of thousands of victims. How was Barack Obama rewarded by the democratic West? Nobel Peace Prize. The president of North Korea has not started any war. He did not destroy any cities and kill people. He is a tyrant, a dictator, a threat to humanity. The hypocritical west. Is the USA a democratic country?
@@hypnokitten6450
@@hypnokitten6450people in Porto Rico and hawaii don't have the same rights as the other americans. It is colonization. What France still does in Africa is imperialism. US, since the end of WW2, has promoted military coups along all latin america and still and still sanction countries and it does nothing with their regime but make their people starve and its development stop. No need to talk about US and Europe actions in middle east and africa
@@joaorosti Oh I'm not saying the US / EU are angels. There are no angels in global politics, only various levels of interest, ability and tactics. But these forces aren't practicing Colonialism. They've long-ago moved to soft-power methods (financial bonds, supporting specific local factions, realignment campaigns, etc) over hard-power Colonialism methods (military takeover of countries and taking direct leadership over foreign nations).
Both Puerto Rico and Hawaii Were colonized way-back-when during the Colonialism eras of these countries. These days, technically, since they're not states, they Could choose to leave the US... but they've been a part of the US for so long that a lot of folk living there aren't native to there and a lot of those native to there live in other states of the US, and they have really strong (almost impossible to break) economic ties that would ravage those territories if there was a separation, and so on.. So realistically they're as likely to break from the US as Whales is from Great Britain. Technically possible but unlikely and very few people seriously want to.
Not too familiar with the France situation so I'll let those who know more about that speak to that. From what I recall of 'Francafrique', while France does retain a strong presence in those regions, there is no direct legal or military control ("colonies") of any of that region anymore.
So yea, there was a period of 'Colonialism' (hard power) for these nations - as there was for Russia (USSR), China (Tibet), Turkey (the Ottoman Empire), Mongolia (the Mongolian Empire), the Aztecs colonized (fairly brutally) a lot of their neighbors, etc. History is messy. Right now the US/EU are no longer 'colonizers'. Just like China/Russia are trying to use BRICs and soft-power to control Africa (not colonizers) but is threatening hard-power military-takeover of Taiwan / Ukraine (colonizers).
And as someone born in a country that's been Colonized a whole lot over its history, whose ancestors suffered quite a bit under various military occupations? A regular citizen cares a LOT about the distinction between being Colonized and having soft-power used to 'align government interests'.
"China-led BRICS group aims to counter Western Hypocrisy"
Compare India the largest democracy and China the most communist as per western media.
Which gov is doing good to their people.
Both countries were the largest economies in the world for 4000 years and became very very poor after western colonizations and lootings.
The West has turned democracy religion into their secular pseudo-religion ever since it gave up on Christianity. In reality, democracy isn't necessarily a bad or good thing. Good governance is what matters. Every country has to find its own model that fits its culture, demographics, values, history etc. China and India just shows there are different paths to the same end. China isn't even the only example of a successful non-democracy. Even Korea, Singapore, etc., weren't democracies while they were rising.
@@puppetmaster579 The definition of 'success' is a problem for both the US and China. The US is a democracy.. but what it is primarily is a 'capitalistic oligarchy'. It measures 'success' by GDP, which is why it is currently 'successful' but a lot of folk are struggling to survive. In this instance the democracy part is fine (that's actually good for general happiness) but the economic model hurts. Its also been rising Faster now then it had been by using cheap labor in countries with horrible human-rights histories (eg. China). So while technically it is 'succeeding' in practice it is hurting both its own citizens (workers) and the exploited countries (tolerating / rewarding their inhuman practices)
China on the other hand defines 'success' by 'how much control it has over its population' (as shown by all the counter-protest crackdowns, excessive surveillance state, etc) - its dictatorship principles - and by that measure its 'succeeding'... but individual human rights (especially for Tibetans, Uyghurs, those in Hong Kong, basically any group that's not Very Chinese... and for any Chinese that doesn't fall in line) suck / decrease happiness. Its also 'rising' largely by directly copying innovations and education in the west (without R&D costs, without risks) and then calling those outcomes 'China's success'. By that measure I could break into my neighbor's house, steal his TV, and then brag about what a great TV I have.. thought it was actually my neighbor's actions that generated that TV and I just stole it.
Which country is 'succeeding' or 'rising' depends on what kind of measuring tape that country uses. And sadly none of them are actually 'succeeding' in terms of 'doing right by their citizens'. Maybe there's some model in between somewhere.. *sigh*
@@hypnokitten6450Wrong.. China doesn't define success by what you say..
China is just keeping Social Order in their country..
Don't speak for China when you have no clue about China..
China defines success by the nation working hard to better the country..
China works hard to benefit one man.@@calvinblue894
@@calvinblue894 Yea, I was born in and lived in a heavily communist country too. I'm very familiar with "just keeping social order' and "success is defined by the nation working hard to better the country". The national party regularly came to our schools to explain to us how to "be good citizens in service of The Party" while various police monitored us to make sure we were 'not disrupting social order'. I stand by what I said, but you're welcome to add whatever kind of flowers around the core idea as will make you feel good.
Oh, how is Sharp Eyes going these days, is everyone properly maintaining the communist party's definition of "Social Order"? Are those 600+ million cameras Actually being directly monitored or has China switched to letting AI do it yet for "Social Credits"? I sure do hope every single Chinese person thinks exactly the same so as to avoid being caught committing thought-crimes as that technology improves... for the public good, of course.
Salut, tovarase, we shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
A better description of BRICS is that it is a counterweight to western colonialism.
Colonialism ended for western states a long time ago. In the 21st century its China that seeks to colonise in regards to Taiwan and the South China Sea. Russia who seeks to take territory by force. The world has become realitivy stable under the tenure of western dominance. Be careful what you wish for.
Selecting leaders through elections is not more democratic than selecting leaders through other methods. Ballot politics does not necessarily conform to public opinion, nor does it necessarily equal democracy. Democracy should be about political machines and public power serving the people and providing good public governance and social security. It’s not about inciting emotions that are divorced from facts and empty value output that’s divorced from reality. After all, we live in reality.
A political system that can solve real problems is more democratic
i dont think Taiwan is a member of BRICS, not sure why it is highlighted.
Taiwan is a prefecture of the PRC and has no independent status to be part of any international organisation.
@@pkwong1940is that what xi jinping told you?
@@pkwong1940 Only a prefecture? I think you mean province. A model province with democratic and transparent government for the rest of China to emulate.
@@perverttYes.. Taiwan is a Province of China for Mainland to follow..
Sadly.. Taiwan isn't doing a good job of that because of US interference..
Taiwan needs to recreate themselves as a Democracy with Chinese Characteristics
@@calvinblue894 Taiwan a democracy with CCP characteristics? Only if the KMT wins the next election. Taiwan is a country that has done quite well as a democracy despite a shaky start. Don't believe the fairy tale that Taiwan is a province or prefecture of mainland China.
There are five countries in the B.R.I.C.S acronym, for which none are Western (geographically), but three are democratic republics: India (the largest democracy by population in the world), Brazil (the largest South American democracy by population), and South Africa (2nd richest African democracy). This begs the question how shabbily were India, Brazil, and South Africa treated in the colonial/postcolonial past by Western democracies that they would start an economic club together, not alone in cahoots with Russia and China?
😂LOL! 2:10 That guy hiding behind those flags and peeping through is really creepy.😂
So Iran, the UAE and Saudi Arabia will finally calm down and talk together? Excellent!
Not that excellent for those who earn off the chaos...
I doubt it. They will more likely fight each other instead.
@@xiphoid2011 Since India and China have functional Navies, they'll be able to handle security there, right?
@xiphoid2011 may I ask why? U say so
@@MA-lq3gq China and India still do
It's more precisely to counter " USD " Hegemony
Yeah they all fear the mighty power of the $.
@@NineDiamontfear the power of the dollar? 😂😂 It's the US and it's dollar that are more worried about the opposition and they fear the threat to the hegemony of the dollar. The end of the dollar dominance is near
@@abstraqtphilosophy7357 right? and it's not that they are saying they can't buy stuffs with dollar , but it won't make sense to ALL of their international trades be in dollar.
If we are using western currency as examples , there is no reason to trade with EU using dollar over the Euro , it just creates an extra middleman , when trading with Euro would already makes less distortions.
but even china wants its FDI in dollars.
@@rajeevd972 yes , because their Yuan is pinned in the dollar , but when it comes to China's Belt and Road Project , it trades in Yuan.
The West relies on fiat currency printing, weapons, and sanctions, but these tools prove ineffective against BRICS nations. Their resilience and strategic collaboration render conventional methods futile in addressing emerging global dynamics.
Huh? Open a single Economics book. They are extremely effective and every BRICS nation still bend's the knee to the dollar and operates on American globalization. Strategic collaboration? These nations are notorious for not getting along or being able to plan their way out of a children's daycare. You can ask chatgpt to write your response too.
China is king of fiat currency though.... this is a scheme by china to exploit... be careful what u sign up for
Argentina already left brics 😂, Brazil gonna give up soon
It's ridiculous that international law does not apply to the U$Ass-A and its strategic allies.
One of the reasons we need a multipolar world.
Fun fact. That is because of the UN veto.
Another fun fact: the veto power was Russia's idea.
China economy is collapsing, Russia is losing to Ukraine, South Africa and Brazil are failed states and India is enemy of china. You aren't getting a multi polar world.
BRICS is no better. They want to replace USA and dictate things to the world. Understood?
Thank Ruzzia lol, they insisted on the veto
Bring the new currency on. Tired of the USD extortion.
They've been saying this for 14 years now. Better prepare for 14 more years of disapointement. 😂😂😂
"Western Democracies"🤣🤣🤭. There goes that overused, abused and even misuse of the word democracy. ,
O yeah, brics countries are much better. People from all around the globe face certain peril to get to them.😂 make sure to invest all your money in yuan and rubble.
Nowadays, many people talk about democracy, freedom, judicial independence and freedom of speech.
Real people don't care. They love false concepts, not specific people. To put it bluntly, people just want good public security.
As the economy develops and the country becomes stronger, liberals really want false spiritual satisfaction and street trouble. They understand nothing but feel good about themselves.
They are separated from the masses, but they think they represent the people and move themselves
Lots of talk but nothing real done
That is, holding demonstrations is much easier than building roads and infrastructure to develop productivity, and it can also provide emotional value.
Selecting leaders through elections is not more democratic than selecting leaders through other methods. Ballot politics does not necessarily conform to public opinion, nor does it necessarily equal democracy. Democracy should be about political machines and public power serving the people and providing good public governance and social security. It’s not about inciting emotions that are divorced from facts and empty value output that’s divorced from reality. After all, we live in reality.
A political system that can solve real problems is more democratic
Glad to hear it!
Funny how the average Indian and Brazilian makes the most hard right American conservative look like a complete liberal
How many BRICS members does it take to screw in a lightbulb? We may never know since they've not accomplished even that, yet.
Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. Soothing your fear with with nonsensical comments. When BRICS is good and ready to screw in light bulbs you’ll notice it alright… but it will be too late to scream 🙀.
@@Shimra8888China and Russia are growing slower in 2023/2024 then past years. Where America over took china yearly growth in 2023
However it is CERTAIN that the lightbulb is made in a BRICS country.
@@SkitBitProduction Hallelujah ! There are selected metrics which show that not all is lost.
Glorious Triumph of the West !
@@Shimra8888 brics has not agreed about anything in more than a decade now. But adding more members will somehow fix that? Brics will never be more than another useless forum...
I wonder what it could be that somehow makes India, Brazil and south Africa less democratic than the west. Surely it can't just be a question of wealth and skin color???
Isn't it obvious?
It's progress and power. Need both.
Not skin colour, considering South Korea and Japan are also considered "West" in many regards.
@@dannnsss8034South Koreans and Japanese are considered "white adjacent". Didn't you go to college?
@@gfys756I think the term is "honourary white"
mmm.. I think that while we can easily call BRICs a league of dictatorship-nations, like China and Russia yea, India gives pause. But that's 'cause India is being super-confusing as to where it wants to be, wanting to be both in G7-nations and in BRICS and.. basically in everything. If India was solidly in BRICs yea, they'd the 'token democracy' that I'm sure BRICs would carry on a banner saying 'no, we're not dictorships, we have a democratic friend!'
Brazil is in a different weird place because it thought it was joining a small and exclusive economic trade group, just to expand its own trade partners. Since BRICs became a 'let's stick it to the west!' group that tries to embrace as many dictatorships as it can (largely because China/Russia got tired of bullying people and being called bullies) Brazil's been trying to put on the breaks to the expansion (trying to keep it an economic partnership, not this political machine) but, unsurprisingly, it hasn't had much success. Unsurprisingly because it was clear from the get-go that China/Russia (and now mainly China) wanted to create a system it could be 'in charge of' like the US generally leads the rest of the economies (they got tired of being unable to out-compete the US so they decided to create their own little pond where they'd be the big scary fish). So the writing was on the wall for Brazil that once this took off they'd need to hand China/Russia a stick of butter and brace themselves.
The rest of the countries (like South Africa) don't play a significant enough economic, military, or other form of role. They're to BRICs politics what the Vatican and Cook Islands are to the rest of the global economy. They're there, they can say what they want, but they're not representative or what we think of when we say 'western economy' or 'G7 economy' or 'economy in the free world'.
@@gfys756 They are not considered that. All these absurd terms only originate among certain sections of the United states, that doesn't mean they are official everywhere in the world or everywhere in the US. All these claims arouse with the opinion that because of the fact that Indians (and South Asians) and East Asians have over representation in elite jobs and tech with being the richest ethnic groups in the United States, they are no longer to subject to issue of racism.
Rob Watts works for DW!? Is this new? How did I not know this? I’ve been following his language videos for quite some time. This is like seeing Susie Dent as a BBC correspondent!
I can't stop looking at that person peeking behind the flags
2:39 why is there a face between the flags?
Zelensky its waiting to beg for more money.😂😂😂
Waldo was finally found, game over folks
CIA is spying as usual 😂😂😂😂
Ah... You have democracy in the west! That is new for me!
The correct title is "China-led BRICS group aims to counter Western Imperialists"
Rob Words works for DW? wow never knew been watching his channel for couple years now.
"The West" is a poor name for a group of democracies that includes countries like Japan, South Korea and Australia. It would be better to simply call it a democratic alliance and develop from there.
I'd love to see what you think of the people who stormed the US Congress. Are they democratic too? Is it democratic enough to attack Congress?
China's system is actually closer to the old Roman Republic system (which some call the first Democracy).
The principle of Democracy is simply the people having the freedom to choose who leads them. @@tianlezheng6829
@@tianlezheng6829 Your understanding is truly weird! 'Demo' in democracy refers to the people.
In a democracy the people decides their common way. Some choose to create frames for their lives that make it relatively easy to achieve good life quality. Some choose something else, e.g. the UK did Brexit for the sake of their nationalism and became less rich.
Those elected to be representatives were 'ordinary people' before they were elected and will be that again when they no longer are representatives. They will often have good positions as it often takes good personal ressources to succeed in being elected. That is how things work in Scandinavia and most of EU, in the US people believe too much in capitalism and the rich have partly taken over power. Rich people being in power is the most common in our World, sadly for the citizens.
I hope you don't believe that the democracy movement in Hong Kong was lead by drug addicts! Danes with personal relations there have confirmed the movement was what it seemed to be. One Dane (Uffe Elbæk) cheated the Chinese authorities and got one of the imprisoned leaders out.
The West excludes Japan & South Korea of course, not whites & not liberal democracy but includes Australia & New Zealand. Outside of US military, they are in competition with West.
BTW, how about all other democracies at BRICS - like India, Brazil & Russia. Most countries in the world are democracies, but not West (or white nations), that's main distinction.
Western democracies as in said no to a cease fire?, or supporting a genocide?.
Russia and China and Iran are also supporting wars and genocides, eg. in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Xinjiang, etc
to be frank no one in the east or south cares about wars just look at myanmar, north korea etc.
west has lost its goals under US.
Are we not going to mention the random dude watching the broadcast between two flags?!
Who is the guy behind the flags?
When *INDIA* & *China* , Saudi & IRAN join the Same Group..You Can Understand The Importance of That Group
*BRICS* is A Brand 💪💪💪💪
@@begbie6 From which countries do you take energy resources to produce all of the above? These are the BRICS countries. You can't produce anything without them 😅
@@begbie6BRICS is about each and every member country are all holding Ace cards on their own according to strengths in different fields, filling up short-comings of other members.
@@begbie6 为富有的美国人、欧洲人生产汽车、手机、服装、香水等的公司来自哪些国家？CN
Six of the world's top 10 oil producing countries are BRICS members ... only two are G7 members.
Five of the world's top 10 natural gas reserves are BRICS members ... only one is a G7 member.
The world's top 3 wheat producers are BRICS countries.
Compare the Debt/GDP ratio's of the G7 countries to the Debt/GDP ratio's of the BRICS countries.
As long as China, India, Russia and Brazil are excluded from the G7, the G7's global influence will continue to weaken.
Venezuela is likely going to join this year instead of Argentina. That makes a total of 7 top oil producing countries. BRICS are likely to have a much more positive and mutually beneficial relationship than the USA and their allies ever did.
In which of those 6 countries would you like to live?
@@FrankoB469
I would much prefer to live in a country with BRICS support than a country that receives American support or sabotage
欢迎来中国哈哈@@benangel3268
@@FrankoB469
I would say China today ... probably Shenzhen, Wuhan or Hangzhou because they're technology hubs.
The girl hiding behind the flag CREEPS me tf out
, 🤣🤣🤣
when ur groups' main reason for existence is you felt left out by the other group
The hilarious thing will be when BRICS members realize the economic problems they face is not solved by sitting around a big table trying to look important, but with the governments themselves lol
You know what causes economic problem tye infkation and recession cause by usa
Usa control when world is going into crisis usa decide when to sanction whom to sanction
Usa decide along with nato whom to invade😮
Western democracy my foots.
What, both of your foots? 😆
@@martinogold one foot is enough for it , I choose my right foots 💪
If the Western order has common interests, the rest of the world will develop common interests and organise to counter any threats possed by Western policies. In order to build sustainable peace, multipolarity is indispensable.
What's the new acronym?
lmao why is there a hidden face between russian and brazilian flags
The rest of world have enough about G7 sanctioning and monopolizing.
Does no one notice the person behind the flags??
The face between two flags behind is scary 😊
CREEBII & SUS
Best acronym I could come up with.
Got something better?
is democracy the only word DW can pronounce?
Who is the guy hiding in between the flags?
Anyone else noticed the guy hiding between the flags??
To dominate is definitely the western term. BRICS is based on equality and fairness.
Looking at how India and China are trying out-racist each other on TikTok, I dunno about the "equality" part...
How gullible.
Can you give me 3 examples of how they’re more fair, although I’m certain you won’t respond lol
@@CatManOfTastemaybe because they can trade with their own currency without relying on dollars, when the FED raises interest rates many dollars return to America which disrupts the course of trade using dollars, and this is very uncomfortable. So if you use 50% of the total trade value using your own country's currency and the rest using the seller's country's currency, this is considered fairer.
@@CatManOfTasteI have to admit that the dollar system as a world currency is very sophisticated, but in the hands of the wrong people it actually slows down the world economy.
Well its not countering , it is about everybody having same voice and multipolar world . Nobody is anyone's daddy here in the world
The world is changing, people. Don't you understand this?
Sounds like a huge coping mechanism to me.
THE CORRECT TITLE IS:
China-led BRICS group aims to counter Western hypocrisies
These kinds of comments worked 2 years ago, but nowadays everybody knows about your troll farms.
@@sogerc1
Western countries playbook:
When you don't like another party, then play on issues of democracy, human rights, religion, and the like.
@@sogerc1trolls farms like you
@@MeetParmar-qs9ko How can one person be a troll farm?! You know one of the telltales of being a troll is that you didn't have a good grasp on English.
Ban all chinese EVs, phones and apps immediately and investigate any politician opposing the move.
Brics has more than half of the world population.
Western COUNTRIES! Because the US certainly isn't a democracy.
5 countries with rather different interests (China & India!?) could often not agree on much, what do you think it's gonna be like with 10? A few years ago Ethiopia & Egypt almost went to war over the Gerd Dam and Iran & Saudi aren't exactly cozy bedfellows, to say the least.
We'll see, it's certainly a formidable range of countries and across 3 continents so it has breadth, and given it's economic footprint and vast population it has real heft, but if everyone's come together and their only binding agenda is as a counterbalance with the West then it might not have that much impact, cos the interests of so many of these countries are *so* different and varied, a glaring fact which the West will now exploit to the fullest, which, in some ways, is perhaps the new expanded BRICS' biggest handicap.
We'll see if countries like Serbia and even Hungary join BRICS which is certainly not impossible, esp Serbia, or, conversely, if the EU may rush to try and fast track Serbia into the EU.
I'm not convinced Hungary would leave the EU for BRICS since economically it gets a great deal from the EU that it's just not feasible to see it getting from BRICS (landlocked, totally dependent on importing energy).
Either way, interesting times ahead.
If you can see what the future world situation is and why the United States is fighting Iraq, the essence is that Iraq wants to settle oil in euros and gives up settling oil in dollars. Therefore, the United States must remind the European Union of the fate of giving up the dollar to settle oil, and the fate of giving up the dollar. Hungary sees the future. The essence of BRICS countries is to raise their own currency influence. I still have a lot of predictions about the future. I'm too lazy to tell you if you are in the West. I can only wish you good luck. The West is finished.
Who is the guy hiding in the background? between the brazil and Russia national flags
3:16 😂😂 I thought someone is hiding behind those flags. So weird that they let that be seen on screen. I honestly thought that person will jump out in yhe middle of the interview. 😅😅
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