It is in the countries of the Big Seven that no one asks anyone - as the main hegemon said, it will be so. And in the BRICS countries, cooperation is carried out on mutually beneficial terms, no one looks down on anyone, and there is no single decision-making center. In a sense, it is a peer-to-peer hierarchy, like the Bitcoin network. Perhaps that is why so many countries want to join the BRICS that they are tired of external pressure and manipulation attempts.
Thank you so much - I laughed heartily in the morning, and now in a good mood for the whole day
Honestly, if anyone can introduce a petrodollar competitor, it's BRICS. Not because they're competent, but because USA won't have balls sending their military to China or Russia, like they did with the last two guys who tried to pull the same thing.
All true, but there is a nuance. The US will not attack a degraded Russia, because.. It is already being slowly swallowed up by China. Russia is just a bargaining chip in the big geopolitical game of the two major powers. And believe me - for the United States, some kind of counterbalance is always needed: this holds back both sides, and it is beneficial for the United States itself - there is always someone to "write off the budget" to. Think a little wider than populist slogans!